Bumblebees are capable of some remarkable learning feats, especially when they might get a tasty reward, according to two studies. In the first study, the researchers found bees capable of learning to ...

Honey bees use social learning to perfect their so-called “waggle dancing” skills by watching more experienced mates, scientists have said. Waggle dance is a form of communication by which the honey ...

Honeybees are among the smartest animals in the world, even with all the caveats that go with trying to measure animal intelligence. They have a symbolic language system for communicating the location ...

When people get sick, they often find that their mental and physical capabilities are diminished. It turns out that this is not limited to humans, or even vertebrates. Past research has shown that ...

A large-scale study has drawn together the findings of a decade of agrochemical research to confirm that pesticides used in crop protection have a significant negative impact on the learning and ...