In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger ...

A century ago, a psychologist named Wolfgang Köhler proved that chimpanzees could solve complex ...

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.

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

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

Researchers at the University of Oulu demonstrate spontaneous problem-solving in bumblebees, a first for invertebrates.

Bumblebees were able to complete several new object-manipulation tasks in a series of groundbreaking experiments.

Movie S4. Task solution in Experiment 3. This movie shows a bee solving the task in Experiment 3. The beginning of the video (habituation phase, without the ball present) is shown at accelerated speed ...