Chimpanzees React Faster to Cooperate than Make Selfish Choices
According to researchers, chimpanzees make prosocial choices more rapidly than making choices that only benefit themselves.... Read More...
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Asian Elephants Could Be the Math Kings of the Jungle
Researchers report Asian elephants appear to possess numerical abilities similar to humans. ... Read More...
Female Chimps Know Which Males Are More Likely to Kill Their Babies
A new study sheds light on infanticidal behavior in male chimps, and reveals females are highly sensitive to the relative risks posed to their offspring by different males.... Read More...
How Dogs Process Words
A new neuroimaging study reveals how dogs process words they have been taught to associate with objects. Findings suggest dogs have a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught.... Read More...
Dog Intelligence ‘Not Exceptional’
Researchers say people may be over estimating the cognitive abilities of dogs. A new study reveals dog intelligence is matched with that of other domestic animals, social hunters and carnivores.... Read More...
Male Birds Sing Less to Females on Antidepressants
A new study reports male songbirds sing less to females during courtship if they have been exposed to low levels of SSRI antidepressants.... Read More...
Sequenced Fox Genome Hints at Genetic Basis of Behavior
A new study sheds light on the genetic basis of fox behaviors and, researchers say, the findings could have implications for human behavior. The study reports the SorCS1 gene contributes to social behaviors in foxes. ... Read More...
Birds Categorize Colors Just Like Humans Do
Researchers report zebra finches partition the range of hues from orange to red into two discrete categories, just like humans do.... Read More...
Great Tit Birds Have as Much Impulse Control as Chimps
Researchers report the great tit, a common European songbird, has similar impulse control to that of larger, more cognitively advanced animals.... Read More...
Snorts Indicate Positive Emotions in Horses
Researchers report horses tend to snort more when they are in positive emotional situations. The findings suggest snorts are reliable indicators of positive emotions in horses.... Read More...
Chimpanzee Personality Traits Linked to Their Brain Structure
Researchers report personality traits in chimpanzees are correlated to the size of their hippocampus. The study reports greater hippocampal volume is linked to an increase in alpha behavior and decreased self regulatory function. ... Read More...
How do Horses Read Human Emotional Cues?
Whether a person is familiar to the animal or not, horses integrate human facial expressions and vocal tones to perceive human emotion, a new study reports.... Read More...