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Photo: Cuban crocodile, by Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Get Smart: Recognizing Reptile Intelligence

Mammals, birds, and reptiles all developed different smart survival strategies on their own. It sounds like convergent evolution or intelligent design. Read More ›
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What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies?

With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans. Read More ›
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What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›
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Can Animal Minds Explain Human Minds?

Kristin Andrews thinks consciousness researchers should discard the assumptions of “white, male and WEIRD” philosophy profs and study more crabs. Read More ›
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Octopus Intelligence Poses Evolutionary Convergence Conundrum

Outstandingly bright — with eyes that strikingly resemble ours — yet their ancestors split from mammals and birds 600 million years ago. Read More ›
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Photo: A large brown mantis, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?

Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Researchers Ask — Serious Question — Do Crabs Have Emotions?

Recent research has created some unexpected ethical problems for the seafood industry. Read More ›
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Can Crabs Think? Can Lobsters Feel?

What about shrimp? Their brains turn out to have memory and learning centers, which has triggered an evolution squabble. Read More ›
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Photo: A axolotl can regenerate itself, by Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Morphogenesis: Coding for Shape

How do you get a 3-D shape from a linear code? That is the puzzle of morphogenesis. Read More ›
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Design in the First Animals

Scientists debate whether ctenophores are the earliest animals to appear in the Cambrian explosion. If so, they arrived with multiple tissues, a nervous system, and a digestive system. Read More ›

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