The ability to communicate effectively with other individuals plays a critical role in the lives of all animals. Whether we are examining how moths attract a mate, ground squirrels convey information ...

When my children were toddlers, our weekends included regular outings to the Baltimore zoo or aquarium. Once back from the zoo, we’d make our own. Our best no-cost amusement was imitating animal ...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif., Nov. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern pet parents are increasingly turning to technology to better care for companion animals, with 96% saying it's an essential part of pet care.

There are many forms of animal communication. In the lyrics of Let’s Do It, Cole Porter celebrated the diversity of signals that birds, bees, oysters, clams, sponges, and electric eels produce to ...

We’ve been wondering what goes on inside the minds of animals since antiquity. Dr. Doolittle’s talent was far from novel when it was first published in 1920; Greco-Roman literature is lousy with ...

My good friend and colleague, Philippa Brakes, an expert on cetacean behavior and ethics, recently alerted me to a BBC essay by Victoria Gill called "Chimpanzee language: Communication gestures ...

The Regent Honeyeaters of Australasia are forgetting how to talk. The songbird’s habitat has been so severely devastated that its numbers are dwindling. Worse, the ones that remain are so scattered ...

Amy Wild talks to animals. That’s not especially weird — who doesn’t chat with their pets, or with the occasional bird or chattering squirrel? The difference is that Wild says the animals talk back to ...

This is really quite interesting. Animals have all kinds of hidden talents, from reading subtle body language to locating scents that humans can't even fathom. Their sensory and intuitive skills are ...

Josh McGirk was skeptical about animal communicators. The south Denver resident loved his four-legged family members and was at his wits’ end after adopting a new cat, Amelie, who his two other cats ...

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