Individual innovation is considered one sign of intelligence within species, and elephants are among the animals that researchers have long taken an interest in because of their sophisticated approach ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the clip, an elephant uses brute strength (and a little engineering) to topple a tree and bring high leaves within reach—an ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Animal cognition scientists designed an open-air experiment to test wild elephants’ problem-solving abilities for the first time. They observed ...

Insightful Problem Solving in an Asian Elephant. Kandula, an 8-year old Asian elephant at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, demonstrates insightful problem solving by positioning a tractor tire under a ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...