New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

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In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the experts their thoughts on how conceivable the plot is.

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Cold-climate animals are remarkably adaptable creatures, specialized for survival in some of the harshest temperatures in our ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves ...

People have incredibly illogical and inconsistent biases about different animals in general, but at the same time, even vegetarians generally agree with non-vegetarians How do people think about the ...