For a long time, scientists judged animal intelligence by how closely it resembled human behavior. That left a lot unnoticed.

A female gray wolf in British Columbia was observed dragging an underwater crab trap ashore to access herring bait, a ...

As humans, we like to think we invented intelligence, relying on education and experience to reinforce our confidence in what we know. But, wander through jungles, oceans, and skies, and you'll see ...

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 ...

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.

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