NOVA scienceNOW How Smart Is an Octopus?
Hold your fork - octopuses and other mollusks are more intelligent than you may think. Details
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Tool-Using Animals
Meet some of the creative tool-users in the animal kingdom.
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How Smart Are Dolphins?
These brainy marine mammals can "read," plan ahead, and communicate in astounding ways.
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Kings of Camouflage
Meet the cuttlefish, one of the brainiest, most bizarre animals in the ocean.
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Your Favorite Smart Animal
Hear experts "pitch" for dogs, cats, honeybees, hyenas, and other smart species, then vote...
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