Articles for tag: animal intelligence, behavioral science, Cognitive Evolution, Tool Use, wildlife innovation

What Happens When Animals Start Using Tools - and Why It Matters

What Happens When Animals Start Using Tools – and Why It Matters

Gargi Chakravorty

Picture this: you’re watching a crow bend a piece of wire into a perfect hook, or witnessing an octopus carrying coconut shells across the ocean floor like portable armor. These aren’t scenes from a science fiction movie. They’re real examples of animals demonstrating sophisticated tool use that challenges everything we thought we knew about intelligence ...