Koko the gorilla doted on her pet kitten as if it were her own child. To the amazement of her human handlers, she seemed able to capture the joys and annoyances of maternal love in strings of simple ...

At the turn of the 20th century, a famous horse named Clever Hans toured Germany. The horse stunned crowds as his trainer demonstrated the animal's alleged ability to understand German, tell time and ...

Socrates, a great philosopher, speculated that without verbal or written language, one could communicate using sign language. Little did he know that more than 2,000 years later, animals would be able ...

Language was long understood as a human-only affair. New research suggests that isn’t so. Credit...Illustration by Denise Nestor Supported by By Sonia Shah Can a mouse learn a new song? Such a ...

WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language, raised kittens and once playfully tried on the glasses of the late actor Robin Williams, has died. She was 46. The Gorilla ...

Can animals understand each other? And if they do, do they communicate through language? Is their language sophisticated enough to combine sounds into meaning in some grammatical sense? And can they ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Human intelligence, even in its most basic ...

A rescue cat using "sign language" when hungry has taken over TikTok. In a clip shared by user @ohcharliecat on January 24, a ginger tabby called Charlie can be seen putting his paws together and ...

It is often thought that humans are different from other animals in some fundamental way that makes us unique, or even more advanced than other species. These claims of human superiority are sometimes ...

The party took place on Monday, Nov. 17, at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School in Vineland, N.J., and was for Cole, a 9-year-old pit bull. Footage from the party was shared on Instagram by Cole’s ...