Dr Alice Williamson joined Ruby today, and we learned that magpies in larger groups are smarter, ecologists are planting prairies in our cities, and that somewhere out there is the loneliest frog in the world.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-02-08/australian-magpie-brain-power-boosted-by-group-size/9401674

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/vacant-lot-ecological-experiments/552746/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43004367