Scientists have long wondered whether loud, human-caused noise interferes with wild animals' cognition—their ability to think ...
When it comes to animal intelligence, octopuses have few rivals. Almost two decades ago in Germany, a particularly wily octopus named Otto short-circuited his aquarium’s electrical system by ...
The Hazmat Team Special Shift triggers around Shift 12 to 17 and lasts for one shift. The exact timing varies slightly per run. During the shift, ...
A loggerhead shrike does not eat every grasshopper it catches. Some are too toxic. Instead, the bird skewers them on thorns or barbed wire and waits, sometimes for two days, before returning to the ...
A study by Brown University researchers provides new insights, which could have implications for engineered systems, into the ...
Bumble bees with no prior training on the complete task spontaneously rolled a ball beneath an out-of-reach sugar reward and stood on it to feed, solving an object-manipulation problem that echoes the ...
A University of Auckland scientist has uncovered the fates of chimpanzees who starred in seminal psychological studies of the early 20th century. "The Fate of Sultan's Clan," by psychologist Dr.
A University of Auckland scientist has uncovered the fates of chimpanzees who starred in seminal psychological studies of the early 20th Century. `The Fate of Sultan’s Clan’, by psychologist Dr Javier ...
Scientists have discovered a tiny group of neurons in an ancient brain region that acts like a built-in focus filter, helping the brain ignore distractions and zero in on what matters most. When ...
A bumble bee standing on a ball beneath the artificial flower containing a reward, illustrating the experimental solution. Credit: Mikko Törmänen / University of Oulu Bumble bees demonstrated an ...
The bees had to roll the ball under a blue "flower," then stand atop the moved object to access a sweet treat. Mikko Törmänen / University of Oulu Some bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, a ...
As the adage goes, “big things come in tiny packages.” Just ask the humble bumblebee. A team of researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland published a research paper on June 4, suggesting that ...