For generations, dog owners have joked that their pets listen in on conversations and seem to understand what people are ...

Conversations with friends have an ease that is hard to replicate with someone you have just met—often replies come more ...

COIMBATORE: N Venkatesh Prabhu, District Forest Officer (DFO) of the Coimbatore Forest Division, received the DFO Award from Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday ...

Although we've all experienced the sensation of "eating" with our eyes and noses before food meets mouth, much less is known about the information superhighway, known as the vagus nerve, that sends ...

Animal communication is more than simple signals. Mammals use sounds, expressions, and touch to convey emotions and social ...

After our recent piece ‘Why Cyprus needs its cats and dogs’ on the island’s relationship with our felines and canines (Cyprus ...

Hoppers is as chaotic as it is delightful. The latest animated comedy from Disney and Pixar, the movie centers on 19-year-old Mabel, who transfers—or “hops”—her consciousness into a robot beaver’s ...

Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

Humans appear to be the only species clearly proven to shed tears specifically because of emotions. Elephants, primates, and dogs show behaviors and biological responses that come closest to human ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like ...

Scientists have identified damaged brain “cleanup” cells called tanycytes as a possible reason toxic tau builds up in Alzheimer’s disease.