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, ...

If every creature gained human-level reasoning overnight, nature would turn into a battlefield of instincts mixed with logic. Some species might even form armies that could be used to manipulate or ...

For centuries, humans assumed that intelligence was something that set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. But new research is rewriting that story. Animal intelligence is proving to be far ...

It’s a fascinating question that intrigues millions of pet owners, animal lovers, veterinarians and scientists all over the world: Just how smart are animals? Scientists once believed a brain with ...

We named him Squirt—not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.