Cats have lived alongside humans for around 12,000 years, and during that time, it seems they've been paying close attention to how we communicate. A new study suggests that our feline companions can ...

The twittering of songbirds may bear little resemblance to human speech, but new research on Bengalese finches shows that their vocalizations do follow a fundamental structural principle found in all ...

A small team of animal scientists at Azabu University, in Japan, has found via experimentation that common house cats are capable of associating human words with images without prompting or reward. In ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Common house cats possess the ability to associate human words with ...

Dogs may have better linguistic talents than scientists have previously given them credit for. The ability to recognize specific word sounds in human speech is a difficult task since small differences ...

When people think of parrots, what usually comes to mind is their remarkable ability to mimic human speech. Despite having a completely different vocal apparatus from mammals, parrots can imitate the ...

A team of cognitive neuroscientists at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, working with colleagues from Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Universidad de Guadalajara, all in Mexico, and Baylor ...