According to research commissioned for Guinea Pig Awareness Week by Goole firm Burgess Pet Care, 96% of owners say their pet ...

Pigs are noisy creatures, from their contented oinks to their terrified squeals. But could those sounds contain clues to their emotions and welfare? An international team of researchers say so. For a ...

European researchers are developing a tool to help identify animal emotions through a vocal recognition system. It aims to help people who work with pigs identify whether the animals are in distress.

Guinea pigs, with their small size and cute appearance, are popular pets. They are larger than gerbils or hamsters, but still small enough to fit into apartments or small houses. Guinea pigs don't ...

The ability to detect vocal sounds, and the more specialized skill of recognizing calls from one's own species, is supported by evolutionarily ancient brain mechanisms, according to a new study from ...