March 1, 2026 is National Pig Day, celebrating an animal that more often than not brings to mind filth, cartoons, and maybe a ...

A guanaco successfully retrieves food from a cup with a lid. Trimmed from Caicoya et al. via Proceedings of the Royal Society B under CC BY 4.0 Hoofed animals that are outsiders in their social groups ...

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 ...

A new special issue in Acta Ethologica explores the diverse ways animals think, learn, and interact, revealing 'intellectual ...

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 ...

What are big brains for? One idea, originally proposed to explain larger brain sizes in primates, is that animals that live in large groups evolved bigger brains to manage their complex social lives.

Animal cognition scientists designed an open-air experiment to test wild elephants’ problem-solving abilities for the first time. They observed that Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at Salakpra ...

Animals are forming lasting social bonds with different species, engaging in cooperative hunting and peaceful companionship. Research suggests these cross-species relationships stem from cognitive ...