New research shows newborn animals make smart decisions minutes after hatching, using flexible instincts that combine ...

The human capacity to learn exceeds that of any other animal. Indeed, our massive memories and impressive computing power are the engines of all that makes us different from other animals, rooted ...

Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for ...

Have you ever assigned personalities to your pets and explained their behaviors in terms of human motivations, such as imagining that a cat is being stubborn? The attribution of human characteristics, ...

Some animals fake their body size by sounding 'bigger' than they actually are. Researchers studied 164 different mammals and found that animals who lower their voice to sound bigger are often skilled ...

Ohio State's new Multispecies Animal Learning Complex will vastly increase the number of animals students and faculty are able to care for and study.

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...

SYLMAR, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Nestled away in an old olive grove, next to a neighborhood in Sylmar, you'll find the Wildlife Learning Center. At this small zoological park, visitors can observe and ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - One of Virginia Tech’s newest buildings will enhance the education and hands-on experience of animal science students for generations to come. It’s called the Dr. Bill Etgen ...