Global media coverage of "A disabled kea parrot is the alpha male of his circus"

The findings in Grabham et al. (2026) were reported in over 200 media outlets across 62 countries, with over 4.4 million views across Instagram/Facebook/YouTube and articles in Science, The New York Times, Le Monde, National Geographic, Forbes, Der Spiegel, El País, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Le Figaro, New Scientist, ABC Australia, el Mundo, ANSA & La Vanguardia.

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