In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...

ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...

You might’ve heard we’re trying to talk to whales. It sounds crazy, but it’s not so far-fetched, as in recent years we’ve been getting closer and closer to cracking the code of their remarkably ...

Does “bouba” sound round to you? How about “maluma”? Neither are real words, but we’ve known for decades that people who hear them tend to associate them with round objects. There have been plenty of ...

A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba ...

MONTREAL (AP) — Peeps trickle out of a soundproof chamber as its door opens. Female zebra finches are chattering away inside the microphone-lined box. The laboratory room sounds like a chorus of ...

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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 ...

Deep in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mélissa Berthet found bonobos doing something thought to be uniquely human. How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe ...

ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...