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This image is a view of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, with its ringed host in the background. New research from the University of Washington...

Titan's winter polar vortex imaged by the Cassini Spacecraft's ISS camera. The vortex is now in deep winter and can only be seen because...

This HiRISE image cutout shows Recurring Slope Lineae in Tivat crater on Mars in enhanced color. The narrow, dark flows descend downhill (towards the...

Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, Upper New York Bay. Credit: © littleny / Fotolia In the 19th century, over 5 million Germans moved to North...

For the first time, researchers have shown that dogs must form abstract mental representations of positive and negative emotional states, and are not simply...

Crow. Credit: Helena Osvath A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden suggests that ravens can be as clever as chimpanzees, despite having much...

The slime mold Physarum polycephalum (diameter: around 10 centimeters), made up of a single cell, was here cultivated in the laboratory on agar gel. Credit:...

Bullfinches performing the string-pulling task. Credit: Audet et al. (2016); CCAL The Barbados bullfinch and Carib grackle can pass the popular animal cognition test of string-pulling,...

A blue artificial flower contains sucrose solution in a well in the centre. The flower is placed under a clear Plexiglas table, so the...

This image shows Claudia Fugazza and her dog demonstrating the Do As I Do Method. Credit: Mirko Lui People have a remarkable ability to remember and...

Retrospection: Self-reflection of one's own past. Credit: Yasushi Miyashita Researchers have pinpointed a brain region monkeys use to evaluate their ability to recall memories. To date,...