We often think of mathematical ability as being uniquely human, but in fact, scientists have found that many animal species—including lions, chimpanzees, birds, bees, ants, and fish—seem to possess at ...

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new insights into a fundamental cellular feature and the origins of tissue ...

Placozoa are among the simplest animals in the world. They were initially discovered living on the walls of aquariums in a European laboratory in the 1880s, and are thought to live naturally ...

To understand the full relationship between brain activity and behavior, scientists have needed a way to map this relationship for all of the neurons across a whole brain—a so far insurmountable ...

Can a fly think? How about a dolphin? The mental lives of animals are turning out to be surprisingly complex AT FIRST, the New Caledonian crow simply watches the menacing presence suspiciously, ...