This story appeared in the September/October 2020 of Discover magazine as "The Ecology of Dumb." We hope you’ll subscribe to Discover and help support science journalism at a time when it’s needed the most.
In the Bird World, It Takes Big Brains or Big Guts to Survive in Extremes
An ecologist brings his background to bear on bird brains.
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White-tailed ptarmigan in Colorado. (Credit: Trevor Fristoe)
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