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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People are sharing the wildest displays of animal intelligence they’ve ever witnessed. One of the best things about house pets is ...

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

Quicker and smarter computing is helping society limit animal suffering, improve welfare and restore natural ecosystems in ...

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 ...

An international team of researchers has found evidence that both total brain size and the size of a brain in relation to the body are factors that determine intelligence in animals. In their paper ...

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 ...