Julie Elie has spent a lot of time listening to zebra finches. Elie, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...

An international team of researchers have published a new review in Animal Behavior revealing how communication enables ...

Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas about what makes human language special.

Animals from different species often rely on surprisingly sophisticated communication to work together, whether finding food, ...

The way sperm whales communicate may be more similar to human language than previously thought. The acoustic properties of whale calls resemble vowels, a defining feature of human language, according ...

A new study published in PLOS Biology has revealed an intriguing pattern in the natural world. Researchers have found that animals across different species may share a common rhythm when they ...

The world sounds very different when you listen like a scientist instead of a tourist. Hidden in ocean waves, forests, and the shrubbery of city parks are constant broadcasts from whales, frogs, birds ...

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is slated to be a universal animal language translator, thus you can speak with your favorite pet, such as a lovable dog. In today’s column, I explore a touted ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don’t? It’s one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...