Do you think animals have some secret intelligence superior to our own? Do dolphins solve problems of great complexity? Do crows use tools? There is no end to the amazement we find in the animal ...

Measuring animal intelligence is tricky. As humans, we can only compare the smarts of other creatures with our own — an inherently biased benchmark. "Asking which species is smarter is like asking if ...

Dogs are often much smarter than we give them credit for. Here are some of the smartest dog breeds in the world. Poodles are highly intelligent, which also makes them one of the easiest dogs to train.