Animal cognition, or cognitive ethology, is the title given to a modern approach to the mental capacities of non human animals. It has developed out of comparative psychology, but has also been ...

Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something ...

As "mirror test" studies find surprising animals like fish can pass, scientists are adjusting their understanding of animal cognition ...

More information: Scarlett R. Howard, The value of ecologically irrelevant animal cognition research, Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2025.03.005. Provided by Monash ...

That has prompted a group of top researchers on animal cognition to publish a new pronouncement that they hope will transform how scientists and society view — and care — for animals.

Animal Cognition is an interdisciplinary journal offering current research from many disciplines (ethology, behavioral ecology, animal behavior and learning, cognitive sciences, comparative ...

That has prompted a group of top researchers on animal cognition to publish a new pronouncement that they hope will transform how scientists and society view — and care — for animals.

Anthropomorphism is an “utterly charming linchpin of the human mind,” contends animal cognition researcher Gregg (If ...

No work of art should, in the course of its creation, cause physical or psychological pain, suffering or distress to an animal.” This ambitious requirement, published by the College Art Association, ...

Guinness World Record-holding parrot, video-gaming dog underscore animal cognition Animal Studies students at Eckerd College are testing the limits of the animals' intelligence.

A Monash University researcher at the forefront of animal cognition and behavioral studies is shining a light on how the field plays a critical role in driving forward societal innovation.