Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

In this brave new world of AI in which we all live, we are constantly having to question whether what we are seeing in any ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

The environment influences the way sound travels, which in turn influences the acoustic communication used by the animals in ...

An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

Scientists discover that deer markings may glow at dawn and dusk, adding light to scent based communication during mating ...

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 ...

For centuries, humans have drawn a line between themselves and other species, initially claiming that other animals couldn’t feel pain. Science proved they could. Then the argument shifted: Animals ...

Pet communication buttons are durable plastic push-buttons with built-in microphones and speakers. When the owner records a word or short phrase, the sound is stored and played back when the button is ...

A superb fairy-wren calls to a Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo. Brood parasites like cuckoos lay eggs in other birds' nests and leave them behind for the host birds to raise. David Ongley / Cornell Lab of ...

The results challenge long-standing assumptions that animal communication and human language are completely separate. The team proposes that complex communication systems, such as human speech, may ...