New research shows ravens do not follow wolves to find food. Instead, they remember hunting areas and return later.

Some animals never forget—and not just in that folksy, "elephants remember everything" way. Across land, sea, and sky, ...

Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of this ...

A new study shows that visual memory, not just scent cues, are used to hunt down treats. By Laura Baisas Published Sep 13, 2023 2:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

These Birds Have A Mental Map Of Every Wolf Kill in Yellowstone In A Nutshell Ravens don’t follow wolves to find food. Instead, they memorize areas where wolf kills happen frequently and fly there on ...

We often think of memory as stable—a mental archive that stores experiences in neat, retrievable files. But what if those files quietly shift positions, even when the original experience hasn’t ...

Astrocytes form large networks of interconnected cells in the central nervous system. When these cell-to-cell couplings are disrupted in the brain of adult mice, the animals are no longer able to ...

It’s lunchtime, and you and your friend are hungry. You venture into the kitchen and make your favorite sandwich—peanut butter and jelly. You assume your friend can make the same thing, but they have ...