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REPTILE COGNITION
Tigress was old, weak, but had experience as it hunts a huge crocodile with a simple, clever trick, just one bite - rare wildlife battle caught on cameraA remarkable video shows an aged tigress hunting a crocodile. Despite her condition, she used a precise technique to disable the reptile. T...
Enormous octopuses dominated Earth's prehistoric seas over 100 million years agoAncient oceans were once ruled by enormous octopus relatives. New research reveals these early creatures were massive, dominant hunters. Fo...
Were dinosaurs the cleverest reptiles?In the latest research, an international team of palaeontologists, behavioural scientists and neurologists re-examined the brains of dinosa...
New study challenges view of dinosaurs as intelligent creaturesNew research challenges previous beliefs about dinosaur intelligence, suggesting they were more akin to "smart giant crocodiles" rather tha...
How snakes use their sense of smell to distinguish identityResearchers have discovered that snakes, specifically garter snakes, can recognize themselves through scent, challenging previous notions a...
Animal intelligence developed from 5 mutations in brain evolutionEach change was a major transitional point in the history of life that changed what types of intelligence could evolve.
Do octopuses have dreams too? Yes, tiny ones, most likelyMost human dreaming also comes during REM sleep - so might this also be the case for the eight-limbed molluscs?