The Genius of Birds

In The Genius of Birds, an award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess. As she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds but also delves deeply into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are shifting our view of what it means to be intelligent.

At once personal yet scientific, richly informative and beautifully written, The Genius of Birds celebrates the triumphs of these surprising and fiercely intelligent creatures. You’ll not only learn that birds are astonishingly bright creatures, but also discover some of the revolutionary new research elucidating how some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence.