Researchers say a new study proves that insects can solve problems spontaneously, a cognitive ability usually associated with ...

In 2024, Olli Loukola of the Finland co-authored a study demonstrating that bumblebees could cooperate to solve complex ...

According to research published today in Science, bumblebees are capable of the same goal-oriented problem-solving. To test ...

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

Bumblebees can learn to solve a puzzle by watching other bees solve it, according to a new study by Alice Dorothy Bridges and colleagues at Queen Mary University of London, UK. The big, fuzzy insects ...

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.

Puzzles — they’re often thought of as something for little kids and older adults. Brain games can keep a child occupied so their caretakers can shower with the door closed, and they can keep an older ...

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 ...

Bumble bees solve complex tool-use puzzles without training, rolling balls to reach suspended flowers and rewriting ...