Emory’s Laboratory of Comparative Primate Cognition recently restarted their comparative avian work, implementing a novel technique to study cognition in chickens and in wild birds. This work was made possible by a collaboration with the Birdbrain Lab and funding from the T32 training fellowship: Mechanisms of Learning Across Development and Species.

Organization founded by Irene Pepperberg; devoted to supporting research that will expand the base of knowledge establishing the cognitive and communicative abilities of parrots as intelligent beings. Suzanne Gray is a lead researcher of The Alex Foundation and Pepperberg Lab and successor to Pepperberg.

Healthy, protected landscapes are vital to the millions of birds that migrate twice a year. Plants form the foundation of every ecosystem, and pollinators such as hummingbirds are keystone species—supporting biodiversity far beyond their size. Ornithologist Sheri Williamson reminds us: “As migratory birds, (hummingbirds) are part of Earth’s circulatory system, transporting energy and other resources between tropical and temperate ecosystems thousands of miles apart. As pollinators, they shape the landscapes they visit in these travels.” When pollinators thrive, so does the wider web of life that we’re all part of and depend on every day. Creating sanctuary gardens for hummingbirds, plants, and people is a powerful act of ecological and cultural resilience. We envision hundreds of medicinal and flower gardens dotting these migration paths — places where communities can learn regenerative gardening, celebrate pollinators, share herbal medicine, and cultivate healing connections.