Raccoons kept working a puzzle box long after they had already eaten the only treat inside, according to a new University of British Columbia study that reframes how scientists think about animal ...

But new research published in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons will try to solve problems even when they don’t expect a ...

Raccoons are always getting up to hijinks. If they’re not breaking into banks, they’re raiding bins and getting drunk on crab ...

A recent study published in Neuroscience of Consciousness provides evidence that dreaming about a specific problem helps ...

Well so do raccoons, and new research suggests they're genuinely curious about solving them, even if there's no reward. A new study has found raccoons are curious creatures who try out all sorts of ...

Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math problems.

A new study has documented the abilities of individual wild Asian elephants to access food by solving puzzles that unlocked storage boxes. It is the first research study to show that individual wild ...

A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When 2D puzzles are no longer exciting, 3D brain teasers are the way. These handheld puzzles require ...