All Articles Tagged As: animal intelligence

Moths with a nose for learning (10/5/2008)

Insects can be trained to perform certain behaviors when enticed with different smells ...> Full Article

Remembrance of tussles past: paper wasps show surprisingly strong memory for previous encounters (9/23/2008)

Paper wasps can remember individuals for at least a week, even after meeting and interacting with many other wasps in the meantime ...> Full Article

Bird-brains smarter than your average ape (9/19/2008)

Some birds are better at physical reasoning than apes ...> Full Article

Artificial Meadows And Robot Spiders Reveal Secret Life Of Bees (9/8/2008)

Ecologists have discovered that bumblebees can learn to outwit color-changing crab spiders. ...> Full Article

Automatic imitation is not only a human trait, research finds (8/1/2008)

Scientists have shed new light on a process known as 'automatic imitation' - and discovered that we have more in common with the humble budgerigar than previously thought. ...> Full Article

Great apes think ahead (6/21/2008)

Study provides conclusive evidence of advanced planning capacities in non-human species ...> Full Article

Rare example of co-operative behavior in Nature (4/22/2008)

Birds shown to help each other survive ...> Full Article

Slowly Developing Primates Definitely Not Dim-Witted (4/18/2008)

Study ties big brains of humans and apes to extended growth and longer lives ...> Full Article

Are sharks getting smarter? (3/18/2008)

Could sharks be catching on to human techniques for tagging them - and learning how to avoid them? ...> Full Article