Animal Cognition
For African bullfrogs, it’s the males that take responsibility for parenting. The bullfrogs wait to breed until after heavy rainfall. In the shallows of the temporary ponds and puddles left behind is where the bullfrogs will deposit their eggs. Once hatched, the male bullfrogs will watch over their brood until the tadpoles metamorphose. The males don’t […]
The mirror test was developed by psychologist Gordon Gallup Jr.1 in 1970 as a method for determining whether a non-human animal has the ability of self-recognition. It’s also known as the “mark test” or “mirror self-recognition test” (MSR). When conducting the mirror test, scientists place a visual marking on an animal’s body, usually with scentless paints, […]
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Lizards may not yet be widely known for their smarts, but they’ve become star study subjects for more and more cognition researchers. This is especially true at The Lizard Lab. […]
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