The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making ...

it's funny to think about how so many of us tend to talk to our dogs like they can understand us, and that's where this ...

On October 26, 2025, the musicians Lucy Dacus and Rufus Wainwright took the stage for a discussion with the New Yorker staff writer Amanda Petrusich at the 26th annual New Yorker Festival. Good ...

Compared to the average Vietnamese, I might be thinking about trashcans a smidgen too much — not just any trashcan, but the ...

Pet communication buttons are durable plastic push-buttons with built-in microphones and speakers. When the owner records a word or short phrase, the sound is stored and played back when the button is ...

MSNBC host Jen Psaki urged members of the Democratic Party to “burn” Democratic National Committee (DNC) talking points and to speak “like a human being with a heart.” “People just have to become a ...

In his new book, Humanish: What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals About the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize, science writer Justin Gregg explains why we talk to pets, name objects, and ...

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 ...

One of the biggest perks of being a dog trainer/behavior consultant is that my furry clients never stop “talking.” Indeed, dogs are constantly communicating, most of which involve their body parts and ...

In the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and ...

We are on the cusp of a major and unprecedented turning point in human history. For the first time in as long as humans have roamed the earth, the global human population is about to peak and begin an ...