Everyone is talking about AI right now. A popular topic of conversation is whether AI will ever become conscious. But what exactly do we mean by consciousness? Consciousness is hard to define. To put ...

How do you calculate how smart an animal is? Sure, you could run rigorous tests and try to quantify the nature of “intelligence”, but the quick and dirty trick is often just a comparison between brain ...

Researchers at the University of College London recently undertook a massive study to better understand chimps. The team analyzed data from fecal samples of 828 wild chimpanzees across 30 populations, ...

When we think of intelligent animals, species like chimpanzees, dolphins and crows spring to mind, due to their charismatic behavior. There may, however, be another unexpected animal climbing the ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Are animals smart? – Deron It’s a fascinating ...

We know animals are intelligent, but what we don’t know is how to compare the intelligence of one animal to another. Our Animal IQ Rubric helps us measure five domains of intelligence to finally ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leticia Fanucchi, Oklahoma State University (THE CONVERSATION) Advertisement Article ...