The human eye contains a blind spot at the back of the eye where the optic nerve and retinal blood enter and exit, but our ...

Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t expect to read today: Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a deep-sea creature that lives on sunken wood at the bottom of the ocean, and ...

The ability to imagine — to play pretend — has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests one of our closest living relatives can do it too.

I am pretty sure that we've all had these moments when we thought that our presence was being "honored" by a ghost or an ...

Researchers adapted the playbook for studying young children to stage a juice party for Kanzi. They poured imaginary juice ...

Animals have all sorts of funny shapes and sizes, with some not even having ears at all. Read here to learn more.

Researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi imaginary juice and grapes, presenting the tests as a kind of make-believe tea party ...