In 2023, researchers did something that sounds like it belongs in a Pixar movie: they decoded a humpback whale’s “hello” and ...

Dolphins, whales and parrots are often considered the most promising species for studying interspecies communication because ...

Like many animals, parrots make sounds that suggest they are talking with each other, maybe even calling out to a specific ...

Sperm whales communicate in a series of short clicks called codas. Analysis of these clicks shows that the whales can ...

Sperm whales are not alone in showing advanced communication. Dolphins, for example, use signature whistles that function ...

"The funny part is they would only practice while he was napping, not to ruin the surprise for him," the poster told Newsweek ...

For a long time, scientists judged animal intelligence by how closely it resembled human behavior. That left a lot unnoticed.

Outside of humans, orangutans are the primate outlier when it comes to long childhoods, reaching adulthood at eight to 10 ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

Local families took advantage of summer-like conditions to come out April 3 to Lake Metroparks’ Penitentiary Glen Reservation, where they learned how animals parent their young, practiced using their ...

A host of tree mammal species, including opossums, two-toed sloths and wild cats, have been found sharing a latrine in the forest canopy. Jeremy Quirós-Navarro, an independent ecologist in Costa Rica ...