Names are considered a human universal. No matter the language or culture, every human population has a naming system that ...

Animals often exhibit unusual behaviors before storms arrive. Scientists explain this by their sensitivity to environmental shifts. Falling atmospheric pressure and infrasound are key warning signs.

Samuel Henderson, 12, can imitate 132 bird species with startling accuracy. His talent offers a window into how the human ...

A rescue dog doesn’t leave her human mom’s side during a storm. This Instagram video shows a Pit Bull named Blue hiding in the bathroom during bad weather. Like other animals, the thunder might have ...

Before smartphones, automation, and machines handled almost everything for us, the world needed people to do some jobs that sound almost impossible today. Someone had to wake workers before alarm ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered a previously undetected structure in the birdsong of Bengalese finches ...

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A Unique Forest and Its Colorful Cast Picture yourself near the equator in West Africa, in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), ...

What causes a dog to slink away from a cranky person, when they will quietly approach and lean against someone who is weeping ...

A fundamental law of human language has now been found in both songbirds and whales ...

Like many other countries, Canada wants to restrict young people’s access to social media. Can Bill C-34 achieve its intended goals?

By Stephen Beech Birdsong shows patterns similar to human language, according to a new study. Researchers have uncovered a ...