Should Elephants Get Person Status?

We are in the midst of a movement among some scientists, animal advocates and philosophers arguing that elephant intelligence and social capabilities justifies classifying them as having “personhood”.

Monkeys can learn and remember order of items in a list sans rewards

A new study has revealed that for monkeys, learning and remembering the correct order of things may well be its own reward.

Most Research on Ape Capabilities Faulty and Biased, say leading scientists

The way many researchers have measured, perceived and interpreted how capable apes are has been biased and the conclusions are all wrong, argue some scientists. Leading scientists in the field of ape cognition have conducted a study that reveals apes’ abilities have been unfairly measured, throwing into doubt the assumed belief that human infants are superior to adult chimpanzees.

Goats Know If Their Friends are Happy or Sad. Do You?

According to a new scientific study it appears that goats can distinguish emotional changes in the calls of other goats–even subtle changes.

Seals have been trained to sing, debut with Star Wars theme and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Seals trained by scientists to sing popular songs…three grey seals that have been trained to copy speech, have also learned the notes from popular music including the Star Wars theme and the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Bees Smarter than Thought, Can Link Symbols to Numbers: New study

Bees are much more intelligent than previously believed. We already knew from previous research that bees get the concept of zero and can do basic math. Now researchers have discovered bees may also be capable of connecting symbols to numbers.

Worms can suffer from PTSD: Study

A new study has discovered that like humans, worms are capable of forming associative memories–that is, memories that associate a certain sound or smell or tone of voice with a particular outcome. Unfortunately, not all memories are positive and researchers discovered that like their human counterparts, worms too can develop PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) from traumatic events.