The tales about elephants mourning their dead may have validity. In a new, first of its kind meta-analysis, the results appear to confirm the folklore surrounding elephants and their dead.
Category: Animal Cognition and Memory
Everything You Did Not Know About Birds
Interesting scientific study findings about birds.
These Birds have a Bigger Social Network Than You
A new study has demonstrated that it is not just mammals that have complex societies. The results of a new observational study reveal that birds–more specifically vulture guinea fowl that live in Africa–can keep track of relationships with hundreds of others.
Dolphins Cooperate and Coordinate to Reach Goals: Study
Researchers in a new study have found that dolphins coordinate their behavior to work together on shared tasks.
Monkeys Better than Humans with Cognitive Flexibility
A new study has demonstrated that when it comes to being willing to explore more efficient options to solving a problem, monkeys exhibit more cognitive flexibility than humans.
Pigs Use Tools: Recorded for First Time
Pigs have been recorded using tools for the first time. The pigs used the tools to prepare nests for the arrival of piglets due in six months.
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.
Animal brains, like humans, sync up with one another
New research studies demonstrate that like humans, animals brains sync up with one another during social interactions.
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.
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