How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – ...

Wildlife expert Graham Workman has been in the privilged position of being able to get up close and personal with a family of ...

Chances are, you've seen large, jet-black birds on lampposts or grabbing food off a road. Whether it's a crow or a raven ...

In the realm of wildlife gremlin simulators like Untitled Goose Game, Bad Magpie marries mischievous carnage with an emotional undercurrent. David Lumb is a managing editor for the mobile team, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Reddit A short Reddit video of a corvid leaning into the smoke from a small fire has delighted bird lovers online.

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In the avian world, one group of birds consistently demonstrates remarkable cognitive abilities that rival those of primates and even young human children. Crows, along with their corvid relatives ...

Have you ever stopped to think that birds might be smarter than us in ways we barely understand? For too long, we’ve underestimated these winged creatures. Honestly, it’s time to rethink everything we ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...