Forty years ago, Papi and colleagues discovered that anosmic pigeons cannot find their way
home when released at unfamiliar locations. They explained this phenomenon by …

Migratory birds can navigate over tens of thousands of kilometers with an accuracy
unobtainable for human navigators. To do so, they use their brains. In this review, we …

Many species of birds, including pigeons, possess demonstrable cognitive capacities, and
some are capable of cognitive feats matching those of apes. Since mammalian cortex is …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Chemosignals and Reproduction”. Chemical cues
were probably the first cues ever used to communicate and are still ubiquitous among living …

The exceptional navigational capabilities of migrating birds are based on the perception and
integration of a variety of natural orientation cues. The “Wulst” in the forebrain of night …

The homing pigeon is the foundational model species used to investigate the neural control
of avian navigation. The olfactory system is critically involved in implementing the so-called …

Several studies have shown that experienced night-migratory songbirds can determine their
position, but it has remained a mystery which cues and sensory mechanisms they use, in …

Reptiles and birds are a fascinating group of animals that is most critical to understanding
the evolution of vertebrate brains. Birds are the only class of vertebrates that can rival …

Abstract Space is continuous. But the communities of researchers that study the cognitive
map in non-humans are strangely divided, with debate over its existence found among …

The visual Wulst in birds shows a four‐layered structure: apical part of the hyperpallium
(HA), interstitial part of HA (IHA), intercalated part of hyperpallium (HI), and densocellular …