More information: Holly Root-Gutteridge et al, Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) recognise meaningful content in monotonous streams of read speech, Animal Cognition (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025 ...

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Ronan, a sea lion at UC Santa Cruz, outperforms humans in keeping a beat, challenging long-held beliefs about rhythm ...

The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are ...

Jackson Njau's fascination with human origins started as a curious teen growing up a few hours from one of the most famous ...

Donald Griffin founded cognitive ethology, studying animal minds and identifying echolocation. Consciousness aids animals in ...

Nine orangutans, ages 5 to 30, are now participating in an ongoing study of animal cognition at the Think Tank at Smithsonian's National Zoological Park. The animals, who live in the Great Ape ...

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Parrots are known to be able to keep a beat by moving their bodies. And recent studies have highlighted the beat-keeping ...