Each fall, mountain chickadees face an almost impossible memory challenge that pushes their tiny brains to a biological ...

Many animals possess remarkable memory and intelligence for survival. Different species have evolved unique mental abilities ...

The assumption that crumbled first The standard view held that episodic memory, the ability to mentally replay a specific ...

Movement ecology seeks to unravel the mechanisms by which animals navigate complex and changing environments, combining internal physiological states with external factors such as resource ...

The brain can retrieve spatial memories when an animal simply sees a location, even without them entering it. This is essential for planning how to reach that place. Writing in Nature, Payne and ...

Nuri Jeong remembers the feeling of surprise she felt during a trip back to South Korea, while visiting her grandmother, who'd been grappling with Alzheimer's disease. "I hadn't seen her in six years, ...

It’s lunchtime, and you and your friend are hungry. You venture into the kitchen and make your favorite sandwich—peanut butter and jelly. You assume your friend can make the same thing, but they have ...