I stressed that there is no evidence that supposedly smarter animals suffer more than animals who supposedly are not as intelligent. In this essay I also wrote, "It's also become clear that the word ...

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, ...

A recent essay by Aviva Rutkin called "When is an animal a person? Neuroscience tries to set the rules" focuses on the daunting question, "When is an animal a person?" It's surely an extremely ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Intelligence in the animal kingdom comes in all shapes and sizes, and often in some rather surprising species. With that in mind, ...

For a long time, humans believed intelligence was a trait that largely set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. Modern research, however, has revealed a very different picture. From elephants ...

Learn how researchers tested a cow’s behavior and what her tool use reveals about animal intelligence. Veronika the cow reaches down and picks up a brush with her mouth. Instead of using it in a ...