ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE

U.S. NEWS
Dog Scams McDonald's Customers Out Of Burgers By Pretending To Be A Stray
By Carla Baranauckas
An Oklahoma City woman says she caught her "gold diggin" dog Princess in the act at a drive-thru.
WEIRD NEWS
Fish Market Buys Freedom For Fred The 70-Pound Octopus
By David Moye
The market owner won't sell octopus products after playing hide-and-seek with a friendly cephalopod.
SCIENCE
Did A Viral Study 'Prove' Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats? Not Quite.
By Hilary Hanson
"We cannot (and do not) make any claims about how intelligent they are."
WEIRD NEWS
Ravens Are Ridiculously Smart, Seem To Be Able To Plan For The Future
By Hilary Hanson
Respect the raven.
ENVIRONMENT
When Animals Teach, It's Special
By Carl Safina, Contributor
President of the Safina Center
Like toolmaking, teaching was once thought to be an exclusive capacity of the human mind. It's not, but teaching is rare, and teachers are an elite group.
SCIENCE
Bear Known For Lounging Shows She *Nose* Computers
By David Freeman
Who knew bears were so brainy?
SCIENCE
These Birds May Rival Chimps In Their Intelligence
By Jacqueline Howard
When it comes to the brain, bigger isn't always better.
ENVIRONMENT
Up Close With a Very Smart Orangutan at the Indianapolis Zoo
By Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson, Contributor
The Grannies on Safari
The exhibit houses eight orangutans of assorted sizes, ages and temperaments who scamper up, down and around an environment
SCIENCE
Apes May Be Much Closer To Human Speech Than We Realized
By Carolyn Gregoire
Scientists studying Koko the gorilla witnessed a range of remarkable vocal behaviors.
SCIENCE
Horses Use Complex Facial Expressions Nearly Identical To Humans
By Carolyn Gregoire
This is one happy horse.
ENVIRONMENT
Pigs Are Highly Social And Really Smart. So, Um, About Eating Them...
By Arin Greenwood
What we are trying to do is to get a better understanding of who pigs are. Not necessarily where they stack up against others
SCIENCE
Watch These Timid Chimps Look Both Ways Before Crossing The Road
By Macrina Cooper-White
"We've described chimpanzee behavior facing a dangerous situation never described before," Marie Cibot, a doctoral student
SCIENCE
Sorry, But Your Dog Can't Remember That Fun Game Of Fetch
By Macrina Cooper-White
In contrast, previous research showed that humans who performed the memory task could remember that little red dot when tested
SCIENCE
How Smart Are Elephants?
By Quora, Contributor
The best answer to any question
Since Aristotle and long before, people who have been privileged to spend time observing and interacting with elephants have expressed similar sentiments.
SCIENCE
Little Kids Learn The Same Way Pigeons Do
By Carolyn Gregoire
"We taught pigeons to associate specific visual stimuli (what we called pexigrams) with photos from a particular category
ENVIRONMENT
Are We Really the Smartest Creatures on Earth?
By Lionel Rolfe, Contributor
Journalist and author
More than 40 years ago, my then-wife Nigey Lennon and I were on our way home to Echo Park when, suddenly, she said to stop. I thought it was because she'd spotted a garage sale. Instead it was a woman who had set up a bunch of cages with cockatiels for sale.
SCIENCE
The 'Human' Quality We Share With Baboons
By Carolyn Gregoire
The researchers studied groups of baboons living at the CNRS Primatology Center in Rousset, France. The baboons had access
SCIENCE
These Adorable Tortoises Use Touch-Screens To Win Strawberries
By LiveScience, LiveScience
Their speedy learning is in line with the fact that tortoise hatchlings don't receive parental care, so they have to learn
SCIENCE
This Little Aquarium Fish Has A Surprisingly Long Memory, New Research Shows
By LiveScience, LiveScience
Photos: The Freakiest-Looking Fish Creative Creatures: 10 Animals That Use Tools The 5 Smartest Non-Primates on the Planet
SCIENCE
Dolphins Even Cleverer Than We Thought?
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