Animal Behaviour

From stealthy chimps, smart orca whales to farmer leafcutter ants, animals do better as community than humans

Once animals are grouped, a mechanism comes into play that makes living in a group efficient

The intelligent crow: Like in Aesop's famous fable, bird understands basic cause-effect relations, show studies

Crows and ants are my “thing”. So smart, so elegant, so sophisticated, so family-minded, so disciplined — everything that humans should be and are not, writes Maneka Gandhi.

Like humans do: Gorillas form complex societies with tiers of old friends, family members

In addition to close family, gorillas also formed an 'extended family' tier with an average of 13 individuals in it.

Ants build big structures without coordination or communicating with each other

Ants seem to act alone, solving situational problems like moving obstructions when they encounter them.

Tropical fish is now among handful of animal species that show 'self-awareness'

The fish is now the seventh non-human animal to have passed the 'mark test'