We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line doesn’t always hold. Apes steal territory. Parrots ace memory tests. Bees react ...

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Have you ever noticed a dog barking suddenly at nothing you can see or hear?Moments later, thunder rolls across the sky. Or ...