Comparative Cognition Needs Big Team Science: How Large-Scale Collaborations Will Unlock the Future of the Field

Comparative cognition research has been largely constrained to isolated facilities, small teams, and a limited number of species. This has led to challenges such as conflicting conceptual definitions and Specifically, we identify and describe four key BTS advantages - increasing sample size and diversity, enhancing task design, advancing theories, and improving welfare and conservation efforts. We conclude that BTS represents a transformative shift capable of advancing research in the field.