Julie Elie has spent a lot of time listening to zebra finches. Elie, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, spends her time listening in on the finches’ other vocalizations, though: ...

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 ...

Animals' ability to use technology has been of great interest to scientists for quite some time. However, one new study poses an even more interesting question: Is there a possibility of animals ...

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

The idea of a device that decodes animal sounds — turning squeaks, clicks and meows into human language — has been a staple of science fiction for decades, popping up in everything from Pixar’s Up to ...