Recent work in animal cognition has focused on how animals respond to new or changing
environments. Although many species are currently in decline, other species are thriving in …

The ability to act on information flexibly is one of the cornerstones of intelligent behavior. As
particularly informative example, tool-oriented behavior has been investigated to determine …

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and
language to science and technology. How did the human mind—and the uniquely human …

The emergence, spread, and establishment of innovations within cultures can promote
adaptive responses to anthropogenic change. We describe a putative case of the …

Behavioural innovations may have far-reaching evolutionary and ecological consequences,
allowing individuals to obtain new resources and cope with environmental change …

Although interindividual variation in problem-solving ability is well documented, its relation
to variation in fitness in the wild remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between …

Behavioral ecologists interested in comparative cognition have struggled to design tasks
that are both ecologically relevant and experimentally rigorous. In experimental psychology …

Animal innovations have far-reaching ecological and evolutionary consequences. The
occurrence and persistence of an innovation require several processes, including …

Innovative foraging behaviour has been observed in many species, but little is known about
how novel behaviour emerges or why individuals differ in their propensity to innovate. Here …

Group living commonly helps organisms face challenging environmental conditions.
Although a known phenomenon in humans, recent findings suggest that a benefit of group …