Our new book probes animal minds, celebrates the richness of animal emotions, and highlights the power of compassion and hope ...

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 ...

This video counts down seven animals that show remarkable problem-solving, communication, and learning skills. From dolphins to crows, each example highlights how animal intelligence challenges what ...

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, ...

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 ...

As a great ape, the chimpanzee possesses intelligence superior to most animals on the planet. A chimp’s genes determine about half of its intelligence, while environmental factors make up the other ...

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 ...

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 ...