WesternBluebirdonBranch Type post Author Wayne Rossiter Date May 16, 2025 CategoriesTechnologyZoology Tagged , artificial intelligence, bird vocalizations, birds, bluetooth, Bob Placier, character, culture, fast food, Henry David Thoreau, meaning, Merlin, Neil Peart, Ohio, ornithology, personhood, piggy bank, restaurants, rhinoceros, Rush, wildlife, wisdom What Is Lost with the Rise of AI Wayne Rossiter May 16, 2025 Technology, Zoology 4 Thoreau wrote, "A person's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town." That's what we're losing. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 18, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, animal communication, animal languages, bird song, bird vocalizations, complex structures, complexity, designators, finches, functional complexity, functional specificity, grammar, human language, language, metaphysical, Nature, signal Are Birdsongs Language? Michael Egnor July 18, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 7 Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›
carrion-crow-portrait-of-head-stockpack-adobe-stock-431630931-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date December 22, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __nedited, animal behavior, animal intelligence, bird vocalizations, birds, cave art, Continuing Series, crows, death, ethology, filial imprinting, horses, instinct, intelligence, magnetite, mammals, migration, mourning, nature, nest-building, ornithology, parrots, pets, pigs, presuppositions, ravens, science, social learning Furry, Feathery, and Finny Animals Speak Their Minds Denyse O’Leary December 22, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 11 Recent findings suggest that crows fear death -- many purposefully avoid places where other crows have died. Read More ›
