Precocial animals, the ones that move autonomously within hours after hatching or birth, have many biases they are born with ...

New research shows newborn animals make smart decisions minutes after hatching, using flexible instincts that combine ...

Precocial animals, the ones that move autonomously within hours after hatching or birth, have many biases they are born with ...

Given that bonobos are endangered in their home of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he added, “My hope is that that kind of ...

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Animal groups show how simple actions create shared intelligence, shaping technology, health research, and crowd safety.

Little kids hosting make-believe tea parties is a fixture of childhood playtime and long presumed to be exclusively a human ...

Here's some science trivia for you: unlike the inner retina in most animals (including us), birds' inner retinas function ...

In a new research paper published in Science, cognitive scientists from Johns Hopkins University reported on a bonobo’s ...

Shared meanings create institutions with real power. They also enable us to construct personal narratives that give our lives ...

Until now the behavior had been undocumented in the species, but recent research has also revealed that more birds of prey ...

The fuzzy white predators of Svalbard, Norway, have been getting fatter over the past two decades, possibly by changing their diets and hunting strategies, a new study suggests ...