AI is helping scientists decode how animals communicate. From mice to chimpanzees, researchers believe the technology could ...

Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas ...

AI is revolutionizing animal communication research, revealing complex vocal systems in species from mice to chimpanzees.

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is slated to be a universal animal language translator, thus you can speak with your favorite pet, such as a lovable dog. In today’s column, I explore a touted ...

AI is reshaping countless aspects of life. But so far, its applications have focused mostly on our singular species, Homo sapiens. What if humans used AI to better understand the nonhuman beings with ...

In 2023, researchers did something that sounds like it belongs in a Pixar movie: they decoded a humpback whale’s “hello” and used it to hold a brief back-and-forth exchange with a whale off the coast ...

It would seem that communication among animals is easy. For instance, a bark may be used to warn of danger, and a call may be used to bring the group together. The communication appears to be easy and ...

The world sounds very different when you listen like a scientist instead of a tourist. Hidden in ocean waves, forests, and the shrubbery of city parks are constant broadcasts from whales, frogs, birds ...

Humans can communicate various instructions to dogs without using actual words—simply by modulating the tone of their voice, ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don’t? It’s one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...