Animal communication is more than simple signals. Mammals use sounds, expressions, and touch to convey emotions and social messages. Brain cells called mirror neurons help them understand feelings.

Midlands Humane Society is expanding its humane education efforts with a new program designed specifically for kids. The Shelter Sidekicks program gives young participants the chance to volunteer ...

It’s a question that has fascinated researchers and thinkers of various traditions. Animals and humans have always interpenetrated and shaped each other’s worlds, but the project of understanding how ...

In the 1970s a young gorilla known as Koko drew worldwide attention with her ability to use human sign language. But skeptics maintain that Koko and other animals that “learned” to speak (including ...

Nonhuman animals communicate in many different ways. I've long followed the work of Professor Nicolas Mathevon and was thrilled to learn about his new book The Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals ...

It’s not science fiction: scientists are using machine learning algorithms to decipher how animals communicate and what ...