Heisman: Social Learning in Birds

Heisman: Social Learning in Birds

How do migrating birds learn their routes? Rebecca Heisman (@r_heisman) reports for Hakai Magazine that, for at least some birds, social learning plays a major role. She discusses new research on a migrating shorebird, the black-tailed godwit, that proves this...

Aronwald: What’s Up With Teens?

Rhonda Aronwald has one, so she asked an expert: why are teens so wacky and what do we do with them until they grow out of it? (Or as Rhonda more elegantly puts it, “How can parents help them learn to spread their wings without falling to the ground?”) Learn four...