Kandula, an 7-year-old elephant that the Smithsonian's National Zoo, has remarkable problem- solving skills. He can use boxes and stepping stools to reach food that was previously out of reach.

The elephant has the largest brain of any land mammal. Its ‘grey matter’ — crucial to thinking and problem-solving — is also more extensive. Impressive mental feats, therefore, might be ...

One reason it is important to examine problem-solving in elephants is that they are faced with new problems that they need to solve regularly in the wild. For example, if certain traits enable ...

- Improves Problem-Solving Skills: Puzzles force you to think critically and creatively. You can’t simply approach them with straightforward logic—sometimes, as in the case of the shadow ...