An animal's capacity for innovation or solving novel problems likely has important
implications for how quickly they can adapt to environmental change. Asian elephants …

Innovative problem solving is considered a hallmark measure of behavioral flexibility as it
describes behavior by which an animal manipulates its environment in a novel way to reach …

Innovation—the ability to solve problems in a novel way—is not only associated with
cognitive abilities and relative brain size, but also by noncognitive traits, such as personality …

The idea of “smart is sexy,” meaning superior cognition provides competitive benefits in
mate choice and, therefore, evolutionary advantages in terms of reproductive fitness, is both …

Highlights•We measured problem-solving ability in wild raccoons using food-extraction
tasks.•Performance greatly differed between tasks, but exposure to humans had no …

Enrichment can reduce stress and stereotypic behavior and therefore enhance captive
animal welfare. In cognitive enrichment, cognitive tasks engage and challenge the animals' …

Problem-solving tasks are commonly used to investigate technical, innovative behavior but a
comparison of this ability across a broad range of species is a challenging undertaking …

An animal's cognitive abilities can modulate its interaction with humans and exacerbate
conflicts. Mesopredator mammals demonstrate innovation and learning through their …

Individual behaviors related to fitness-enhancing events, like foraging and reproduction, are
often shaped by internal and external factors. Of these factors, an individuals' social …