Talking to animals is the stuff of fairy tales, cartoons, or quirky movies, but for Val Heart, animal communication is real.

Sheri Davies has a gift. She takes the everyday thoughts and behaviors of animals and turns them into laugh-out-loud comics that also make you go, “yep, that’s totally me.” Her comic series If They ...

Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique ...

There are many famous examples of animals who seem to understand human language. But is there any real science behind them?

Biologging sensors attached to animals help researchers collect valuable data about marine environments. This data helps monitor human activities, such as fishing, pollution, and noise disturbances ...

NYU researchers found they could measure an animal’s consciousness by comparing how similarly it behaves to humans when encountering different circumstances. Detailed in a Feb. 20 report, their ...

Long before humans ventured beyond Earth’s atmosphere, animals played a crucial role in space exploration. Scientists needed to understand how living beings would react to the harsh conditions of ...

“Our findings show that they are close relatives of primates and colugos–flying lemurs native to Southeast Asia– making them fairly close relatives of humans.” Mixodectes belonged to an ...

This finding comes from a poll of 2,203 people who were surveyed in January 2025, and it highlights the lingering confusion around animal protein and plant-based eating. Women and Gen Z participants ...

Good news! Animals As Leaders is plotting the follow-up to their 2022 record Parrhesia. In an interview with Guitar World, Animals As Leaders mastermind Tosin Abasi said he'd like to spend a chunk ...