Your dog stares at you with those knowing eyes. Your cat refuses to eat their usual food. We recognize obvious forms of communication — but what if I told you that your animals are speaking to you in ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence is starting to pick up patterns in elephant rumbles, whale songs, and bird calls that humans have missed for generations, turning science fiction into a live research agenda.