Learning in the wild: Studies show young orangutans master nest-building by closely watching and imitating experienced individuals, a process that can take years. Moonlit movements: Observations in ...

We are not alone in using social information to learn novel tasks I'm always looking for novel results of clever experiments, and a recent study by Franklin & Marshall College's Dr. Lauren Howard and ...

A research team has systematically investigated the cognitive abilities of lemurs, which have relatively small brains compared to other primates. Conducting systematic tests with identical methods ...

The Paiter-Suruí people have a culture deeply rooted in their land: the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land (TISS), on the border of Rondônia and Mato Grosso in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. Known ...