A new study suggests that primates like bonobos are capable of understanding the difference between imagination and reality.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Johns Hopkins study shows a bonobo can engage in pretend play, reshaping views of animal imagination. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY ...

Remember childhood tea parties? The cups are empty, the teapot is dry, yet the air is thick with the drama of imagined pouring, sipping, and spilling. The mental gymnastics required to participate in ...

A rtists and tale spinners throughout human history have enlisted animals to help them explain the incomprehensible world. Mischievous and comical, grotesque and nightmarish, a new print show at the ...

Your brain is wrinkled like a walnut, and those wrinkles aren't just for show. Each fold increases the amount of surface area your brain can pack into your skull, allowing millions more neurons to ...

Section of the Chapter Seven frontispiece Natalie created for Enchanted Creatures showing curiosity cabinet specimens Source: Natalie Lawrence I've always thought that nonhuman animals (animals) are ...

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Rats immersed in a VR world played games that could be won only by using imaginative route planning, scientists report. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...