As humans, we like to think we invented intelligence, relying on education and experience to reinforce our confidence in what we know. But, wander through jungles, oceans, and skies, and you'll see ...

When we think about intelligence, humans often come to mind first - but the smartest animals in the world are proving that brainpower exists far beyond our species. Across oceans, forests, skies, and ...

The post Meet Some of the Smartest Animals on the Planet appeared first on A-Z Animals. Understanding intelligence in the animal kingdom isn’t as simple as ranking species from most intelligent to ...

In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival—those that hunt and those that are hunted. But research is showing some animals form surprising partnerships, reshaping ...

Why does it make me so happy to think that other animals are intelligent and social like human beings? It's especially nice when they aren't known for having wars or some other less impressive human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Eric VOLTO/500px/Getty Images) Biologists have long believed that having a large brain, relative to your body, might go ...

I stressed that there is no evidence that supposedly smarter animals suffer more than animals who supposedly are not as intelligent. In this essay I also wrote, "It's also become clear that the word ...

Understanding intelligence in the animal kingdom isn't as simple as ranking species from most intelligent to least. There's no universal IQ test that applies across species, and animals demonstrate ...