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Below is a selection of media coverage for research I have been involved in:

The Times, 29 September 2021: Endangered kea parrots learn to use touchscreen computers

The Guardian, 10 September 2021: ‘He has adapted’: Bruce the disabled New Zealand parrot uses tools for preening

The New York Times, 10 September 2021: Bruce Is a Parrot With a Broken Beak. So He Invented a Tool.

TVNZ 1 News, 12 April 2021: New research suggests dogs show jealousy in similar way to humans

BBC Two, Chris Packham’s Animal Einsteins, 21 February 2021: Masterminds

The Guardian, 03 March 2020: Study finds parrots weigh up probabilities to make decisions

Forbes, 03 March 2020: Parrots Make Predictions Based On Statistical Probabilities

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New Zealand Geographic, May/June 2018: Birds of Play, pages 30-50

New Zealand Geographic, Issue 151, May/June 2018
(see online article)

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Psychology Today, 17 May 2022: How Can a Species’ Behavior Inform Its Conservation?

The Guardian, 29 September 2021: New Zealand kea can use touchscreens but can’t distinguish between real and virtual worlds

Cosmos, 29 September 2021: Kea can use touchscreens but think the virtual is real

New Zealand Herald, 29 September 2021: Kea trained to use touch screens at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve as part of new study

Stuff, 29 September 2021: Kea can learn to use touchscreens, but struggle to tell screens from reality, study shows

Scoop, 29 September 2021: Kea Behave As If The Real And Virtual Worlds Are Continuous

Smithsonian Magazine, 14 September 2021: Bruce the Parrot Uses Tools to Survive Despite a Broken Beak

🇧🇷 Revista Galileu, 13 September 2020: Papagaio com deficiência é visto usando ferramentas para autocuidado

Newshub, 12 September 2021: Disabled kea discovers how to use tools to clean himself

🇧🇷 Um Só Planeta, 12 September 2020: Conheça Bruce, o papagaio com o bico quebrado que inventou uma ferramenta

🇭🇺 National Geographic Hungary, 12 September 2020: Szerszámhasználóvá vált egy sérült kea

IFL Science, 10 September 2021: Bruce The Disabled Kea Has Learnt To Practice Self Care With Tools

NZ Herald, 10 September 2021: Disabled kea at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve uses stone to preen himself

1 News, 10 September 2021: In world-first, kea uses tool to preen after losing half its beak

Stuff, 10 September 2021: Bruce the very clever kea only has half a beak, so he worked out how to use pebbles to preen himself

Cosmos, 10 September 2021: Bruce the beakless kea uses tools to spruce himself up

New Zealand Geographic, May/June 2021: Jealous Dogs, page 20

Very Bad Wizards, 20 April 2021: Episode 211

🇧🇷 SoCientífica, 15 April 2021: Cães sentem ciúmes só de imaginar dono com outro cão

Treehugger, 15 April 2021: Your dog gets jealous just imagining you with another canine, study finds

IFL Science, 12 April 2021: The mere thought of you petting another dog may make your dog jealous

New Zealand Herald, 08 April 2021: Pooch pride: Yes, dogs do get jealous, NZ study shows

National Geographic Kids, September 2020: Special Super-Smart Issue, pages 14-19

BBC Radio 4, More or Less, 24 May 2020: School re-opening, Germany’s Covid success and statistically savvy parrots

Parsing Science Podcast, 12 May 2020: Parroting Probabilities with Amalia Bastos

Stats + Stories Podcast, 30 April 2020: Birds of Probability

TVNZ1, Sunday, 05 April 2020: Kea, Kaitiaki

The Times, 05 March 2020: Parrots understand probability

The Conversation, 03 March 2020: Polly knows probability: this parrot can predict the chances of something happening

TVNZ1, News at 6pm, 03 March 2020: Kea much smarter than originally thought, dubbed ‘world leaders’ in bird world

🇧🇷 Revista FAPESP, 03 March 2020: Papagaios que “calculam” (featured video)

🇪🇸 El Pais, 03 March 2020: Los loros gamberros que saben calcular probabilidades para sacar tajada

🇪🇸 El Mundo, 03 March 2020: Los loros entienden la estadística como los bebés y los grandes simios

🇧🇷 Revista Galileu, 03 March 2020: Papagaio da Nova Zelândia tem noção estatística vista apenas em primatas

🇪🇸 SINC Madrid, 03 March 2020: https://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/El-loro-kea-utiliza-la-probabilidad-para-prever-el-futuro

95bFM Radio, Ready, Steady, Learn 25 February 2020: Ready, Steady, Learn w/ Scott Claessens

Scoop, 12 February 2020: Yawning Difference Between Us And Dogs

Insider, 12 February 2020: A new study says human yawns are contagious to dogs but that may not mean what we think it means

Stuff, 12 February 2020: Dogs’ contagious yawning may not be a sign of empathy

Newsweek, 12 February 2020: Contagious Yawning and Empathy Link Questioned by Scientists After Finding Dogs Can Catch Yawns From Strangers

🇫🇷 TV5Monde, 12 February 2020: Les chiens imitent les bâillements des humains, même inconnus

🇧🇪 HLN, 12 February 2020: Studie bewijst: honden imiteren mensen die geeuwen

🇵🇹 Delas, 12 February 2020: Cães podem não sentir empatia quando contagiados pelo bocejo humano

🇫🇷 24 Heures, 12 February 2020: Les chiens imitent nos bâillements

Voxy.co.nz, 12 February 2020: Yawning difference between us and dogs

TVNZ 1, Seven Sharp, 22 August 2019: Animals less likely to steal food if you stare at them

Radio New Zealand, Our Changing World, 25 January 2018: Clever Canines

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Faculty of Science InSCight magazine, December 2017: How do dogs think? Clever canines and comparative psychology, pages 6-7

InSCight, Issue 11, December 2017
(4.2 MB, PDF)

 

My research has been featured in the documentaries “The Birds of Play” and “Chris Packham’s Animal Einsteins“:


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