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Newborn Fish Can Count... Sort Of - Ross Pomeroy

The ability to differentiate between large and small quantities is a quintessential component of cognition. In animals, this faculty comes into play in various circumstances, when choosing...

We Have Underestimated Animal Intelligence - Frans de Waal, WSJ

Who is smarter: a person or an ape? Well, it depends on the task. Consider Ayumu, a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University who, in a 2007 study, put human memory to shame. Trained on a...

Ten Very Bizarre Tales of Taxidermy - Lauren Davis, io9

Taxidermy is a skill and art form that many think is plenty weird all on its own, even though it was practiced by luminaries like Charles Darwin and Theodore Roosevelt. It stretches from...

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