Southern India's cicadas orchestrate a stunning dawn chorus, beginning precisely at civil twilight. Thousands of these ...

In a busy room full of talking people, most of us can still pick out one voice to focus on. This common yet complex ...

The findings of a new study about communication between birds also offer key insights into the origins of language.

The recording gives it away. First, a sudden plunge in altitude, then distressed bird calls before a prolonged series of ...

Your brain transforms thoughts into speech using an ancient blueprint: the sensorimotor control system. New research reveals ...

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We have met the enemy—and it might be us? The fundamentals of human nature can make us all the ally of autocrats if we’re not ...

Dr Jane Goodall, who died today at 91, devoted her life to the study and conservation of chimpanzees and the other great apes ...

“It was really, really good, and when it ended, it ended,” Whetmore said. Mansi spoke of the sudden die-off with a similar ...

Birds don't just sing for beauty, their voices carry messages, warnings, and even regional dialects that reveal a hidden ...