Succisa-pratensis Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 25, 2026 CategoriesBiologyLife SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __featured3, animals, Annaka Harris, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, biochemists, caterpillar, cats, cells, cocooning, cognition, Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, consciousness, Dogs, dying, environments, Epoch Times, evolution, glutamate, hierarchy, horses, human nervous system, iai.tv, James Shapiro, leaves, Makai Elías Calles, mating, natural selection, neurons, neurotransmitters, octopus, plant consciousness, plants, self-awareness, stripping fruit trees, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago Evolutionary Lens Deterred Scientists from Considering Plant Cognition Denyse O’Leary August 25, 2026 Biology, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 6 It’s a familiar concept: the long, slow march from mud to mind meant that only toward the upper tier would we find such developments as cognition. Read More ›