The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

With a few minutes of searching, anyone can find videos online of chatty birds: macaws talk to their keepers, cockatoos sing ...

Pet soundboards allow our four-legged friends to press buttons and express themselves in human language. But is it real? UC ...

During Lunar New Year holiday, other than spending time with family and friends, what are the other people that worth a spotlight for their amazing work? Isabel Wang highlights the heroes that are not ...

It has long been known that apes can plan ahead and consider the beliefs of other individuals, but no reproducible evidence ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery ...

Our guide to one of our closest relatives – the gorilla, including the difference between the two species, why they're ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrate for the first time that apes can ...

For thousands of years, cows have primarily been viewed as a source of food and leather, but researchers now believe we have underestimated their intelligence. In a now-viral video, a cow is seen ...

The incredible moment a deaf dog responded to her owner’s sign language has gone viral, leaving internet users stunned with her intelligence. Myla the blue heeler (also referred to as Australian ...