Behavioural innovations have become central to our thinking about how animals adjust to
changing environments. It is now well established that animals vary in their ability to …

Explaining how animals respond to an increasingly urbanised world is a major challenge for
evolutionary biologists. Urban environments often present animals with novel problems that …

Highlights•Spatial examination and number of pecks reliably predicted exploration in
OFT.•Individual exploration performances were correlated in line with fast-slow …

This paper aimed to explore and clarify the concept of behavioral flexibility. A selective
literature review explored how the concept of behavioral flexibility has been used in ways …

Highlights•Problem-solving performance was assessed in artificially reared pheasant
chicks.•Performance was consistent within same/similar tasks but not across different …

Innovative problem solving, repeated innovation, learning, and inhibitory control are
cognitive abilities commonly regarded as important components of behaviorally flexible …

Innovation is the ability to solve new problems or find novel solutions to familiar problems,
and it is known to provide animals with crucial fitness benefits. Although this ability has been …

Cognitive performance varies widely across animal species, but the processes underlying
cognitive evolution remain poorly known. For cognitive abilities to evolve, performance must …

To fully understand how problem-solving ability provides adaptive advantages for animals,
we should understand the mechanisms that support this ability. Recent studies have …

Behavioural innovations can provide key advantages for animals in the wild, especially
when ecological conditions change rapidly and unexpectedly. Innovation rates can be …