Animal groups show how simple actions create shared intelligence, shaping technology, health research, and crowd safety.

Many animals have been studied and observed to have an incredible capacity for intelligence. Some of the most commonly cited examples of animal intelligence come from animals including primates, ...

A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her ...

From problem-solving to emotional intelligence, these five animals exhibit brainpower that rivals humans.

Learn how researchers tested a cow’s behavior and what her tool use reveals about animal intelligence.

What if you could look into a cow's face and know whether it had a fever? A new tool from the Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Lab at the University of Arkansas uses artificial intelligence ...

When we think of pigs, we inevitably think of happy livestock rooting around in the mud on a farm. But if you’ve ever taken a ...

For centuries, humans assumed that intelligence was something that set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. But new research is rewriting that story. Animal intelligence is proving to be far ...

The global search for the most intelligent animals has become one of science’s most captivating pursuits. From jungles to oceans to treetops, researchers are continually discovering surprising new ...

Researchers at the University of College London recently undertook a massive study to better understand chimps. The team analyzed data from fecal samples of 828 wild chimpanzees across 30 populations, ...