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Cockatoos have once again demonstrated that birds have surprisingly advanced toolmaking abilities—particularly when…
Let’s say there is a hundred dollar bill wedged behind a bookshelf just beyond your reach, and beside the shelf is a…
Some dog owners claim to be able to read the face of their cuddly canine like a book, but it’s completely possible…
From a young age, human children learn that a rattle won’t make a noise until it’s shaken, and that placing fingers on…
Regrettably, none of us will get to be cats. Most of us will never write a published physics paper either, let alone a…
Birds are incredible, beautiful creatures from afar. They have lots of colors, they have beaks, they can fly, and all…
By using a message board with three icons, scientists have shown that horses can use symbolic language to convey their…
Migratory birds can glide over very long distances with minimal wing-flapping, thanks to their strategic use of rising…
Every doting cat owner will attest to the innate intelligence of their beloved pet, and now Japanese scientists say…
Cats seem pretty apathetic about a lot of things. You might think music is one of them. But according to a new study,…
More than fifty years ago, humans were pretty well convinced that they were special, different from the rest of the…
Despite the wide variety of species that have complex social structures – elephants, monkeys, chimps, dolphins,…
It's hard to study intelligence in humans — our cultures are incredibly complex, and what counts as "smart" is defined…
To look for aliens, most people peer towards the sky. But if you look down, you'll discover they already live among us.…
There are many things that make the octopus a strange creature, but one of them is that each of its eight arms has an…
Fork-tailed drongos are among the most clever of liars in the animal kingdom, deceiving other animals in order to steal…
When you think of Atlantic cod, you probably think of a strip of fish, battered and fried. But new research suggests…
Humans, chimps and other primates have all been shown to be susceptible to contagious yawning. Previous research has…
The fact that the future exists is second nature to us, but few animals share our awareness of events yet to happen. So…
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