[URBAN NOTE] Five notes about smart animals: bees, wolves/dogs, cetaceans, Denisovans, Neanderthals

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• The Conversation notes how urban beekeepers can play a key role in saving bees from extinction.


• Motherboard looks at the comparative intelligence, and generosity, of wolves versus their domesticated dog counterparts.


• National Geographic looks at how marine mammals, particularly cetaceans, have been used in different militaries.


• Smithsonian Magazine looks at how recent studies have demonstrated the diversity among Denisovan populations.


• Smithsonian Magazine looks at the new consensus about the remarkable capabilities of Neanderthals.