Memories enable humans and other animals to predict the future. However, memories can only serve as useful predictions if they are updated every time the predictions prove to be wrong. Because new ...

The factors favoring the evolution of certain cognitive abilities in animals remain unclear. Social learning is a cognitive ability that reduces the cost of acquiring personal information and forms ...

A new study examines indicators of mental wellbeing in wild animals to improve conservation efforts. A world-first holistic framework for assessing the mental and psychological wellbeing of wild ...

Biology students living at a unique field school in the Gila meet wildlife face to face. In the rugged backcountry of the Gila, Dr. Travis Perry of Furman University runs a unique field school, ...