Phenomena such as engagement, attention and curiosity rely heavily on the “optimal-level
of stimulation (or arousal)” model, which suggests they are driven by stimuli being neither …

Many animals, and in particular great apes, show evidence of culture, in the sense of having
multiple innovations in multiple domains whose frequencies are influenced by social …

In recent decades, researchers have increasingly documented the impact of anthropogenic
activities on wild animals, particularly in relation to changes in behaviour. However, whether …

Dispersal has been suggested to be challenging, especially for species that heavily rely on
social learning for knowledge acquisition. One of the obstacles that migrants face is learning …

Highlights•Wild orang-utans are decidedly uncurious.•Social contact with humans early in
life makes orang-utans curious.•Curiosity boosts an orang-utan's problem-solving abilities …

Curiosity is a core driver for life‐long learning, problem‐solving and decision‐making. In a
broad sense, curiosity is defined as the intrinsically motivated acquisition of novel …

The readiness to interact with and explore novel stimuli—ie, curiosity—is the cornerstone of
innovation. Great apes show broad and complex innovation repertoires. However, little is …

The cognitive mechanisms causing intraspecific behavioural differences between wild and
captive animals remain poorly understood. Although diminished neophobia, resulting from a …

Although curiosity has huge implications for human creativity and learning, its evolutionary
roots and function in animals remain poorly understood. Modern humans, who lack natural …

Highlights•Neophobia differs by species and is often lower in young birds/mammals than
adults.•Predicting neophobia levels is hard but can inform natural history and …