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Phys.org A new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution suggests that birds have two alternative strategies for coping with the difficulties of humanity’s increasingly chaotic cities—either by having large brains or through more frequent breeding. A new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution suggests that birds have two alternative strategies for coping with…

House finchnigel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution suggests that birds have two alternative strategies for coping with the difficulties of humanity’s increasingly chaotic cities—either by having large brains or through more frequent breeding. Surviving in cities is so difficult that many bird species may be driven to extinction…