The New Caledonian crow is a bird capable of creating rudimentary tools and even improving them, sharing its discoveries and ...

During warmer periods of the Middle Pleistocene, ancient humans in Italy were in the habit of butchering elephants for meat ...

Pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall has died at age 91. These are her five biggest contributions to how we understand about ...

Birds and wasps do it. So do octopuses, otters, polar bears and dolphins. A surprising number of animals use tools, and scientists say there are... Myth Busting: The Truth About Animals And Tools A ...

Jane Goodall’s research at Gombe Stream National Park revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzee intelligence. In 1960, ...

Killer whales have joined the rare club of animals that can make and use tools, for the first time being observed crafting a kind of brush out of kelp and then using it on fellow pod members. The feat ...

From dogs sitting like people to monkeys using tools and cats showing sass, these clips capture animals acting strikingly ...

WASHINGTON — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in ...

Jane Until her death last week at age 91, Jane Goodall retained a charm, open-mindedness, optimism and wide-eyed wonder that ...