STEFAN WOLFF and DAVID HUSTINGS DUNN explain how how pigeons, cats, whales and even robotic catfish have acted as spies through the ages ...

Over half of the neurons in Octopus vulgaris, about 300 million, are not in the brain at all, but distributed in “ ...

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The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But by the time a white beluga whale suspected of ...

The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But when a white beluga whale suspected of spying ...

Animals like Hvaldimir, a beluga whale, have been used for espionage, with fascinating and sometimes tragic histories. From Cold War spy pigeons to failed operations like Acoustic Kitty, these stories ...

The history of spying shows that many agencies have experimented with using animals for undercover work to gather information ...