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 ...

Animal language acquisition, attempting to discern or understand the degree to which animal cognistics can be revealed by linguistics-related study, has been controversial among cognitive linguists.

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.

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 University ...

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

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

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.

[Dr. Alexandra Horowitz]: We’re dealing with an animal who, in a way, we thought we understood the cognition of. At least, we talk about what they know and understand immediately, as soon as we start ...

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.