Author: Denyse O'Leary
Spiders Are Smart; Be Glad They Are Small
Recent research has shed light on the intriguing strategies that spiders use to deceive other spiders — and prey in general.
The Remarkable Things We’re Learning About Bird Intelligence
These findings are only among birds that have actually been studied; most birds have not been studied for intelligence.
Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First
It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees.
Royal Society: Don’t Censor Misinformation; It Makes Things Worse
While others demand crackdowns on “fake news,” the Society reminds us that the history of science is one of error correction.
Dogs Understand Many More Words than We Think
Of course, the dog is responding to words as signals, not as components of sentences.