The global search for the most intelligent animals has become one of science’s most captivating pursuits. From jungles to oceans to treetops, researchers are continually discovering surprising new ...

Guests: SETI Institute President & CEO Bill Diamond and Dr. Lori Marino (President of the Whale Sanctuary Project). Why it ...

Precocial animals, the ones that move autonomously within hours after hatching or birth, have many biases they are born with that help them survive, finds a new paper led by Queen Mary University of ...

A Monash University researcher at the forefront of animal cognition and behavioral studies is shining a light on how the field plays a critical role in driving forward societal innovation. From ...

Intelligence is not something unique to humans—it appears in remarkable ways across the animal kingdom. From problem-solving and tool use to communication and social cooperation, many species display ...

Many animals have been studied and observed to have an incredible capacity for intelligence. Some of the most commonly cited examples of animal intelligence come from animals including primates, ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. These tasks seem completely irrelevant to these animals in their natural environment, so why ...

A new special issue in the journal Acta Ethologica examines how animals think, learn, and interact with others in their environments. Titled Animal Intelligence: From Individual to Social Cognition, ...

This cute discovery of multipurpose tool use by Veronika the cow got me and other editors here thinking about the bounds of animal intelligence. For instance, I often wonder what is happening inside ...

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