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Animal Intelligence
Dogs Are Much Better Than We Knew at Reading Human Thoughts New research suggests they have something called “theory of mind,” once believed to be unique to humans.
By Cari Romm
animal intelligence
Mar. 9, 2017
What’s It Like to Be an Octopus? They have more neurons in their arms than their head, can squeeze through holes, and get into all sorts of mischief. What’s a philosopher to do?
By Drake Baer
animal intelligence
Feb. 13, 2017
By Drake Baer
Thanks to Canine-Cognition Research, Everyone Now Wants Their Dog to Be a Genius The growing interest in animal intelligence has spilled out of academia and into the real world.
By Cari Romm
philosophy of science
Dec. 20, 2016
By Drake Baer
animal intelligence
Dec. 20, 2016
By Drake Baer
Dogs Understand Math, Sort Of They don’t have numbers, but they know that two treats are better than one.
By Cari Romm
Apparently, Animals Dream of Learning, Too Humans aren’t the only creatures that get smarter with sleep.
By Drake Baer
Bees Learn How to Solve Problems From Other Bees Looks like insects do “cultural transmission,” too.
By Drake Baer
Your Dog Is Too Smart to Follow Your Dumb Human Advice Dogs will ignore human instructions if they figure out a better way to do things.
By Cari Romm
Crows Continue to Be Terrifyingly Intelligent I, for one, welcome our new corvid overlords.
By Drake Baer
animal behavior
July 19, 2016
Whales Cling to the Bodies of Their Dead Loved Ones A new study adds a sad item to the long list of reasons whales are fascinating, complex creatures.
By Jesse Singal
You Can Tell Where a Wolf Is by the ‘Shape’ of Its Howl “Golden jackals have high, rising howls, running up and down the scales in bravura performances of control and speed.”
By Drake Baer
Animals Are Smarter Than Humans Give Them Credit For A famed primatologist explains why people tend to look at animal intelligence all wrong.
By Melissa Dahl