Elephants in Mourning Spotted on YouTube by Scientists It is difficult to catch Asian elephants responding to deaths of herd members in the wild, but online videos helped researchers observe the behavior.
What Your Dog’s Behavior Means Dogs are “really good at reading our emotions,” says one expert. But we’re not so good at reading theirs.
Spinal Fluid From Young Mice Sharpened Memories of Older Rodents Researchers identified a protein in the fluid that could boost the cognition of aging animals — and might lead to future treatments for people.
The Search for a Model Octopus That Won’t Die After Laying Its Eggs A lab in Massachusetts may have finally found an eight-armed cephalopod that can serve as a model organism and assist scientific research.
Is Geometry a Language That Only Humans Know? Neuroscientists are exploring whether shapes like squares and rectangles — and our ability to recognize them — are part of what makes our species special.