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 ...

African elephants use "names" to communicate with each other in the same way that humans do, researchers have discovered. A new study, carried out by Colorado State University scientists who analyzed ...

Animals do not use words like humans, but they have their own special ways of communicating with each other. 1. Sounds: Many animals make noises to communicate. For example, dogs bark, cats meow, and ...

Nonhuman animals (animals) are constantly "talking" with one another using sounds, smells, visual signals, and various combinations thereof. In his fascinating new book titled Why Animals Talk: The ...

Over the last decades, researchers who study animal behavior have succeeded in largely blurring the line between Homo sapiens and other animals. Like their human counterparts, animals feel emotions, ...

Chris Sherwood’s excellent piece on animal communication, “If only they could talk”, reminded me of an essay I wrote for New Scientist more than 30 years ago (21 May 1994) headlined “Why can’t we talk ...