Communication between species has a long and wishful history, beginning with myths, legends, and stories like those of King Solomon and Doctor Dolittle. In the past century, that history has blossomed ...

A new book looks at the health links between animals and humans. June 12, 2012— -- intro: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a sort of modern day Dr. Dolittle. For the past six years, the UCLA ...

Deep in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mélissa Berthet found bonobos doing something thought to be uniquely human. How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe ...

While golden retrievers were originally bred as superior hunting dogs, they are now among the most popular dog breeds in the ...

Millions of people are staring in disbelief at a photo of a kitten whose mouth looks strangely human. It's actually just a simple photo of a cat on Reddit, but one crucial detail has millions of users ...

Cats can sometimes take on human characteristics, but what happens when it becomes a bit too literal? A stunning photo of a cat with what appears to be humanlike lips has left internet viewers both ...

"Compositionality, in a nutshell: It's the fact that we can combine meaningful units into larger structures whose meaning is derived from the meaning of the units," Mélissa Berthet, a researcher in ...

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 ...