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(CNN) — Real quick — what did you have for lunch yesterday? Were you with anyone? Where were you? Can you picture the scene? The ability to remember things that
Opening doors may not seem that hard, but when you have a trunk instead of hands, things can get complicated. Researchers tested the problem-solving skills of wild elephants for the first time by tasking the jumbos with doing just that. Elephants are brainy. An adult elephant’s brain weighs 5 kilograms (11 pounds), the largest of […]
We knew they were smart, but this takes things to another level.
A recent study examines elephants' capacity for innovation and overcoming obstacles to access food sources. Individual innovation is often viewed as a marker of intelligence among different species. Elephants, in particular, have garnered attention from researchers due to their advanced problem-sol
By performing a famous magic trick for three species of monkey with differing hand structures, scientists have discovered that – in order to deceive – a