A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its ...

The smartest cow ever lives in Austria and uses tools to solve problems, challenging what we know about cattle intelligence.

Veronika’s story is a reminder of the complex inner lives of animals. The ability to adapt tools for personal use challenges long-standing beliefs about the hierarchy of intelligence among species. It ...

Intelligence isn't unique to humans — as the 15 amazing videos of animals solving problems in this article are about to show you.

What are big brains for? One idea, originally proposed to explain larger brain sizes in primates, is that animals that live in large groups evolved bigger brains to manage their complex social lives.

A guanaco successfully retrieves food from a cup with a lid. Trimmed from Caicoya et al. via Proceedings of the Royal Society B under CC BY 4.0 Hoofed animals that are outsiders in their social groups ...

When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025, sampled the stock and passed out on ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A new study published in Proceedings of the ...

Dog intelligence goes far beyond learning tricks quickly or responding to basic commands. According to trainers and canine ...