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Zebrafish seem to be able to count when they are just four days old

Just a few days after hatching, zebrafish larvae can discriminate between bigger and smaller numbers, suggesting they may have an innate numerical ability

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Bumblebees can teach each other how to open a puzzle box

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Goffin's cockatoo using tools

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Cockatoos understand when a job requires a toolkit

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Two rooks in an aviary

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Cambridge lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations

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African pouched rats are being trained to locate survivors trapped under debris and could be deployed at real-world disaster sites as early as next year.

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Backpack-wearing rats could start search-and-rescue missions next year

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The Bronx Zoo

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Why has a court decided not to grant Happy the elephant personhood?

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The grand plan to create a periodic table of all animal intelligence

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Crows may owe their intelligence to an abundance of certain neurons

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H7YMEG Fringe-lipped Bat (Trachops cirrhosus) roosting and calling, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island,

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Bats can remember sounds they haven't heard for more than 4 years

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zebra mbuna fish

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Stingrays and zebra mbuna fish know how to add and subtract

Stingrays and zebra mbuna fish shown fewer than five shapes can add or subtract "one" from the total to gain a reward

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Octopus brains may have become complex the same way human brains did

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The Parrot in the Mirror review: Why humans evolved to be like birds

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Learning styles in fruit flies may not be related to nature or nurture

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Meet the scientists who perform magic tricks on birds

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