Selected coverage of our toutouwai & kākā research
Shaw & Harvey 2020 Biology Letters:
Wild birds remember a novel task for nearly two years | The Scientist
Shaw et al. 2019 Current Biology:
Bird brained? Why memory matters for toutouwai | RNZ
Zealandia sanctuary and a dedicated team of experienced volunteers are supporting our kākā research by banding chicks:
Milestone reached in sanctuary’s efforts to restore Kākā population | Māori Television
Shaw et al. 2017 Scientific Reports:
‘Happy wife happy life’ for New Zealand robins | NZ Herald
Male robins can guess and satisfy their partner’s food cravings | New Scientist
Male robins cater to dietary whims of expectant mates | Daily Mail Online
Shaw & MacKinlay 2016 Notornis:
View the footage of a kiwi destroying a toutouwai nest here
Killer Kiwi | This Way Up, 12:25 pm on 5 December 2015 | Radio New Zealand
Deadly kiwi whacks robins on her turf – NZ Herald
Shaw et al. 2015 Animal Behaviour:
An IQ test for animals? | Science/AAAS | News
The IQ of robins | This Way Up, 12:45 pm on 3 October 2015 | Radio New Zealand
A juvenile North Island robin at Zealandia (photo courtesy of Donald Laing).
Coverage of previous research
2014
Anim. Cogn., 17, 1281-1288:
Bird burglars listen for loot | Science/AAAS | News
Sneaky Jays Look and Listen to Steal From Others | WIRED
Ecol. Evol., 24, 4500-4504:
Bad parenting could give zebra finches the evolutionary edge | The Conversation
Biol. Lett., 10:
Male Eurasian Jays Surprise Ornithologists | Biology | Sci-News.com
2013
PNAS, 110, 4123–4128:
Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds | Science/AAAS | News
Gift-Giving Birds May Think Much Like People | WIRED
2012
Proc. R. Soc. B, 280, 20122238:
You Eavesdroppin’ on Me? | Science/AAAS | News
Study Finds Eurasian Jays Keep Quiet When Hiding Food | NYTimes.com
Anim. Behav., 84, 1191–1200:
Cognition and Behaviour Research 