Primates are considered to be among the most intelligent creatures in the animal kingdom. This is especially so concerning chimpanzees, who top the non-human intelligence list. However, among primates ...

Chimpanzees exhibit surprising human-like behaviors, including using leaf-tearing as a flirting technique, mirroring ...

Recent technological advances have opened new exciting possibilities for the development of smart prosthetics, such as artificial limbs, joints or organs that can replace injured, damaged or amputated ...

From early on, what has set the human species apart from all others is the ability to direct ever-increasing power toward our ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

In terms of emotion, the ecologist Almo Farina and environmental scientist Philip James have argued that the fear of humans ...

Researchers develop synthetic markers that cross the blood-brain barrier, allowing for noninvasive monitoring of the living brain via blood tests.

In his new book, Roland Ennos offers eye-opening ideas that the importance of physical power and engineering ...

If humans vanished overnight, which species would dominate Earth? An Oxford biologist suggests octopuses possess intelligence, adaptability and evolutionary traits that could reshape life’s future.

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

Crows have demonstrated advanced cognitive abilities that challenge long-held assumptions about bird intelligence.

He’s expecting the same trend for the Internet of Cognition, writing that “scaling out superintelligence is a call to action. The next era of computation demands a unified commitment to building the ...