Benjamin Beck, an authority on "tooling," offers a state-of-the art clarification of this fascinating behavior and why it's ...

Austrian cow Veronika demonstrates surprising tool use, challenging perceptions of cattle intelligence and prompting a reevaluation of animal cognition.

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

Chimpanzees in Africa use tools, communicate with gestures, and show emotional responses. They live in forest habitats across Central and West Africa. The intelligence of African chimpanzees has been ...

Veronika is a brown cow. Her ability to employ tools with multiple uses leaves her in the company of only two known species: ...

I would say that [OneDose] has readily helped our veterinary technicians. They no longer have to scramble and work out ...

Zoo Miami recently celebrated milestone birthdays for two iconic chimpanzees who have called the zoo home since the early 1980s. Samantha arrived at Zoo Miami (then known as Miami Metrozoo) […] The ...

Jane Goodall, without formal university training, revolutionized primatology by observing chimpanzees with patience and empathy. Her groundbreaking work, including documenting tool use and meat ...

Another suggestion is that tails disappeared from the earliest apes due to a genetic mistake. When a single short stretch of DNA found in humans and other apes, but not in other primates, was added to ...

Social mammals are wildly diverse, given that they can be found across all habitats and species. However, a new line of ...

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 ...

By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties.