animal intelligence

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/11/beached_whales_in_new_zealand_do_animals_commit_suicide_.html I once went on a trip around the USA that lasted eight weeks. I came home and my dog was there. He was eckstatic. Getting in my face and and whimpering, seemingly...

I just watched this video on youtube, which shows an elephant painting a so called 'self portrait' which is really a pretty simple drawing of an elephant holding a flower. Still I was pretty impressed Does anyone here know much about elephants? Are they really this smart, or do you think it is...

Dogs can classify complex photos in categories like humans do. Interesting result. I often wonder about the ways in which the intelligence of other animals is similar or dissimilar from from our own, and this seems like a good way of learning about those sorts of questions. Personally I...

I'm in a new neighborhood and it happens that my next door neighbor owns a Parrot. It's outside a lot and likes to talk and make strange sounds, so I decided to do a little research on talking birds. Among my searchings, I found this site: Budgie Research This site features a bird that the...