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 ...

For a long time, scientists judged animal intelligence by how closely it resembled human behavior. That left a lot unnoticed.

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In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival—those that hunt and those that are hunted. But research is showing some animals form surprising partnerships, reshaping ...

Wild crows are far more observant than the average passerby might think, especially when it comes to identifying potential threats. Researchers at the University of Washington discovered that these ...

A review paper by scientists from Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science provided a comprehensive ...

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Why do we underestimate cattle? Many choose to think of "edible" animals as unintelligent, but in the case of cattle, ...

From the Chronicle of Higher Education: "Animal-watching is like people-watching at a streetside cafe, engrossing me in imagined stories. I often wonder: What's on their minds? …New research describes ...

Why does it make me so happy to think that other animals are intelligent and social like human beings? It's especially nice when they aren't known for having wars or some other less impressive human ...