In the animated movie Up, a boisterous dog wears an electronic collar that translates his doggy thoughts into English words. “My master made me this collar,” he tells his new acquaintances. “He is a ...

Julie Elie has spent a lot of time listening to zebra finches. These chatty little birds are a popular animal model for studying communication, but most research focuses on the males' complicated ...

For over 10,000 years, dogs have lived alongside humans, becoming our closest animal companions. But why can’t we truly understand what they’re saying? The answer is more surprising than you think. A ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the experts their thoughts on how conceivable the plot is. Some scientists believe ...

We have changed from wanting animals to understand human language to wanting to understand how they communicate with each ...