Bees play by rolling wooden balls — apparently for fun. The cleaner wrasse fish appears to recognize its own visage in an underwater mirror. Octopuses seem to react to anesthetic drugs and will avoid ...

How do animals perceive their environment, how do they learn, remember, solve problems, and make decisions? And how do different species interact with humans and one another? Research on animal ...

Studies of animal ethology began long ago, but today’s popular animal cognition books largely began with Stanley Coren in 1994, the year he published The Intelligence of Dogs. Coren had been a highly ...

This post is in response to The Eclectic Father of Cognitive Ethology By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Source: Jeffrey Eisen/Pexels. A growing number of people, including academics and non-academic folks, are ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In a St. Petersburg house, there is a living room filled with play toys belonging to a precocious preschooler, named Apollo. The four-year-old African Grey parrot is a Guinness ...

When we think of intelligent animals, species like chimpanzees, dolphins and crows spring to mind, due to their charismatic behavior. There may, however, be another unexpected animal climbing the ...

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The humble dog has been adapting and evolving alongside humanity since before we learned agriculture and how to make our own tools. This long history means dogs are incredible at human-canine ...

Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It's a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants, for ...

Today we continue to explore Cognition Science and Discovery Center located in Beulah, Michigan but meeting once again with director Kimmee as she introduces us to a number of furry, feathered, and ...