When your dog barks, is it actually communicating with language, or is it just making a sound to convey “Feed me!” (to you) or “Back off!” (to another canine)? A new animated short from New Scientist ...

Animals know how to speak up, pipe down, cut to the chase or spin a long yarn in order to stand out amidst the din when it comes to communicating with peers, a new set of studies suggests. A special ...

Ever wondered what your dog is thinking? Or pondered what your cat might say if she could speak? Me neither. I have a hard enough time tuning out the drivel from my fellow Homo sapiens to begin ...

New ways to decode animal chatter reveal a lot about what they are saying. And the answers could unravel human language too IN RACINE Zoo, Wisconsin, the white-handed gibbons are gearing up for ...

Source: Charles J. Sharp, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) listen in to birds’ conversations for cues about nearby ...

Source: Charles J. Sharp, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) listen in to birds’ conversations for cues about nearby ...