Humans may have taken over the planet with our amazing intellect, but that doesn't mean the animal kingdom is filled with ...

In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival—those that hunt and those that are hunted. But ...

A big part of the story of zoology over the last 60 years has been learning we have been underestimating animals’ intelligence. In the 17th century, René Descartes alleged animals were mere ...

[cheerful music playing] Welcome to Animal IQ. In each episode, we explore the intelligence of an animal using our rubric and the five domains of intelligence. (Trace) Each domain is affected by ...

In every episode, we try to answer just how intelligent an animal is using our domains of intelligence. We have social, ecological, rational, awareness, plus an X-factor to determine how ...

Many nonhuman species can do these things too. Right now, there’s no agreement on how to decide whether a particular animal species is intelligent. But most scientists who study animal cognition ...

Much like we are now beginning to feel that there is something wrong with how we treat animals, perhaps some of our ancestors also had a feeling that what they were doing was wrong.

25, 2025 — Some animals are capable of cooperating with ... opening up a new perspective on the evolution of intelligence and cooperation ...

A game-changer for animal welfare? Can artificial intelligence help us understand what animals feel? A pioneering study suggests the answer is yes. Researchers have successfully trained a machine ...

This technological breakthrough marks another step towards a future where artificial intelligence's decoding of animal emotions could revolutionise breeding and conservation practices. This field ...