Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore ...

When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025, sampled the stock and passed out on ...

Paleontologists have unearthed a well-preserved skull fossil that could advance our understanding of avian intelligence. This ancient bird lived in what is now Brazil roughly 80 million years ago in ...

Empathy in animals encompasses a range of processes whereby individuals perceive, share, and respond to the emotional states of conspecifics, often leading to demonstrably prosocial behaviours.

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the answer may be in a surprising twist of evolutionary fate: one of the brain’s ...

The longer the thumb, the bigger the brain, evolution study suggests By Pranjal Malewar September 07, 2025 The research found the bigger a primate's brain the longer its thumbs were, affirming a ...

Birds are amazing beings. They're smart and emotional, and rapidly accumulating data from detailed research shows they have advanced and highly evolved cognitive capacities. Psychology Today writers ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become famous ...

“Life” and “intelligence” are terms with heavily contested meanings. This discussion will offer a novel, unified perspective on both, as described in Blaise Agüera y Arcas’ new book, What Is ...

Dogs sit beside us every day, and that closeness feels familiar. Over time, that familiarity can hide quiet changes happening under the surface. One of those changes appears inside the skull, where ...