Sea otters may have been using tools to get at food for millions of years. This is way longer than bottlenose dolphins – their marine mammal tool-using counterparts, which have only mastered the ...

Gorillas have been seen for the first time using simple tools to perform tasks in the wild, researchers say. Scientists observed gorillas in a remote Congolese forest using sticks to test the depth of ...

This post is in response to Unexpected Creative Tool Use By a Wild Wolf to Catch Crabs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Veronika using the brush to scratch her back. Source: A. J. Osuna-Mascaró/with permission.

Puffins use wooden sticks as tools to scratch, groom themselves and possibly dislodge ticks — suggesting that the seabirds may be smarter than was thought. Tool use is rare behaviour for animals — an ...

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It is seen as a rather dirty habit in human societies, but it appears some monkeys have found a more hygienic way of picking their nose. Researchers have reported seeing a wild female bearded capuchin ...

Rooks have a remarkable aptitude for using tools, scientists have found. Tests on captive birds revealed that they could craft and employ tools to solve a number of different problems. The findings, ...