Chimpanzees are the only great apes, apart from humans, that have adapted to living on savannas as well as in forests. However, it is not yet well understood how the harsh ecological conditions of the ...

The aye-aye looks like something assembled from a nightmare, yet every unsettling feature it possesses serves a brilliant purpose. This Madagascar lemur has pushed the boundaries of primate evolution ...

Summary: A new study has completely revived and expanded this lost chapter of human evolution. Leveraging modern molecular genetic dating and advanced phylogenetic statistical modeling, researchers ...

The ants launched by this spider catapult apparently experience 15 times the G-force felt by fighter jet pilots.

This video shows white-faced capuchin monkeys in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil, where these highly intelligent primates spend ...

The post Octopuses Use Mirrors to Map Space Like Primates and Dolphins appeared first on A-Z Animals. If you were to make a case for evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth, you would probably use ...

Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence ...

If you were to make a case for evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth, you would probably use octopuses as an example. Whereas humans have about 20,000 genes, octopuses have 33,000, making them ...

A new study suggests bees may be capable of using tools to solve unfamiliar challenges, adding to growing evidence that insect intelligence is more sophisticated than many people realize. The findings ...

Giraffe intelligence research is changing how the world views animal cognition. A new scientific discovery shows that ...

However, paleoanthropologists, who look for evidence explaining human evolution, are far from convinced. The chances that ...