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 ...

Crying is one of the most recognizable human emotional signals. Tears appear when people experience grief, relief, joy, or deep stress. Because this response is so familiar, observers often assume ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A male hourglass tree frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) with an inflated vocal sac used to produce calls. (Ryan Taylor) Your taste ...

A meta-analysis combined about 30 years of wildlife studies to examine how animals respond to human activity. Animals usually show stronger fear responses in areas with hunting or lethal human ...

A new study from the University of Texas at Austin suggests humans and animals often prefer the same sounds. By using an online game that let people choose between animal mating calls, researchers ...

Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth—from hostile ...

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...