I show animals displaying surprising problem-solving skills and even acts of revenge.

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

Increasing urbanization has crowded out many wild animals. But raccoons appear to be thriving, living in cities across the country and even expanding their historical range. To investigate what ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A new study published in Proceedings of the ...

Nature doesn’t just surprise us; it prototypes ideas we’d swear came from a movie. Some animal skills look like planned gadgets: built-in sonar, living bridges, and even tool belts. Others are old ...

From problem-solving to emotional intelligence, these five animals exhibit brainpower that rivals humans.

A perspective in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface argues that advances in AI, sensing technologies and modeling are ...