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Madingley aviaries saved from closure

22 Jul 2022

We are delighted to announce that due to a number of generous donations from both members of the public and the scientific community, together with...

Jays: the birds that can talk like humans

05 Aug 2015

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, J is for Jay...

Male Eurasian jays know that their female partners’ desires can differ from their own

26 Mar 2014

New research shows that male jays are able to disengage from their own current desires to feed their female partner food that she wants.

The eyes have it

05 Feb 2014

Researchers in Cambridge and Exeter have discovered that jackdaws use their eyes to communicate with each other – the first time this has been shown...

Hushed hoarders and prying pilferers

05 Dec 2012

Eurasian jays change strategies to prevent others from stealing food and to improve their chances of absconding with other birds’ caches.

Mbulelo Ndabeni and Julia Gillespie dance in Seven for a Secret (Rambert Dance Company)

Two for joy

21 Nov 2011

An innovative dance performance with creative input from Professor Nicky Clayton, a expert on bird cognition, goes on tour this week. The Rambert...

The Bird Tango: Cambridge academic fuses love of birds and dance

09 Sep 2009

Nicola Clayton, Professor of Comparative Cognition, has collaborated with the world-famous Rambert Dance Company to produce a contemporary dance...

Clever crows and dancing duets

01 May 2008

Nicky Clayton, Professor of Comparative Cognition in the Department of Experimental Psychology, has thrown the doors wide open on animal cognition...