Survival of the Smartest: Cognitive Skills Linked to Longer Lifespan in Chickadees

Research on mountain chickadees reveals that better cognitive skills lead to longer lifespans and increased reproduction due to enhanced food storage and retrieval capabilities. Although ‘survival of the fittest’ continues to dominate in the animal kingdom, new research suggests that cognitive skills are also important to natural selection and survival rates. A decade-long study conducted […]

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