Skeptophilia

One of the things I learned from 32 years of teaching biology is that many non-human animals are way smarter than we give them credit for --...

I am a truly dreadful chess player. I know how all the pieces move, and have no difficulty comprehending the basic gist of the game.  My pro...

There's a doggy intelligence test that most dogs can't pass -- for an interesting reason. The test involves placing a treat on the...

One of the most relied-upon tests of animal intelligence is the mirror test .  The idea is to see if an animal realizes that its reflection ...

There's now a lawsuit making its way through the U. S. judicial system demanding "legal personhood" for chimpanzees . (ph...