Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A new study published in Science on Thursday found that these bees ...

New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

Why do some animals solve problems while others don't? The new study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, now featured on the cover of Oikos, tackles this question with an ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. There are a lot of reasons to go out in nature to look around. It makes us feel calmer and happier. It ...

Researchers at the University of Oulu demonstrate spontaneous problem-solving in bumblebees, a first for invertebrates.

Nature has spent millions of years perfecting movement, efficiency, and survival. Engineers are now ...

A few years ago, during a taxi ride, the driver described to me how a pig had transformed his life. A childhood with dogs taught him what to expect from animals, yet he was unprepared for the pig he ...