Birds are far more intelligent than they are often given credit for. A landmark study by researchers at the University of ...

A fun enrichment challenge featuring Trixie the Pied Crow as she interacts with cranberries, testing her problem-solving ...

Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced two more injuries before Monday’s 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field, looking like a man making a hostage video for his captors. Matt Shaw ...

Cam Smith's underlying metrics remain strong, but solving one exploitable weakness will determine whether his production finally catches up.

A new benchmark pitting AI against previously unseen maths problems shows that systems still fall short of top human expertise. Artificial intelligence has undergone its most scrupulous maths test yet ...

West Nile virus has been detected for the first time this year in Washington state in dead crows in Benton County, says the Benton County Mosquito Control District. A Washington state Department of ...

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 ...

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

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...