For some mental processes, humans and animals likely follow similar lines of thinking. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It’s a ...

Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...

There are many famous examples of animals who seem to understand human language. But is there any real science behind them? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The persistent presence of humans and their infrastructure in U.S. national parks has yielded dramatic changes in the behaviors of large animals who live there, a new study has found. Even during the ...

AI is reshaping countless aspects of life. But so far, its applications have focused mostly on our singular species, Homo sapiens. What if humans used AI to better understand the nonhuman beings with ...

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is slated to be a universal animal language translator, thus you can speak with your favorite pet, such as a lovable dog. In today’s column, I explore a touted ...

Anna Jon-And receives funding from from the Swedish Research Council and has received funding from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Johan Lind has received funding from the Swedish Research ...

From a dog that 'sees with its nose' to an eagle spotting humans kilometres away, animal senses work in fascinating ways.

Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It's a question scientists have been testing in increasingly creative ways—and what we've found so far paints a more complicated picture than you ...