For many people, a trip to the zoo is a chance to watch playful otters dart through the water and chatter with one another.

Long before artificial intelligence, hunters in Kenya relied on wild honeyguide birds to lead them to hidden beehives in a remarkable partnership built on trust. Now scientists hope AI could unlock ...

Human activity has hugely impacted wildlife, and even shipping has been passively doing harm, though the reasons likely ...

In his new book, eclectic scholar Dr. Boria Sax once again pushes the envelope and offers a unique, brilliant examination ...

Gunnar Pétur Hauksson, the co-founder and COO at Treble Technologies, says robotics developers can't overlook the importance ...

Bobby Moore explores the fascinating reasons why certain animals are able to mimic human speech.

As AI-driven projects like CETI chase the dream of decoding whale song, researchers tracking dugongs in the Andamans say the ...

A wild bird in Africa has learned to flag down human hunters with a chattering call and guide them through the bush to a ...

In matters of work, school and even romance, we turn to A.I. chatbots. But what happens when the bots begin talking to one another? By Callie Holtermann Remember job applications? You know, you’d ...

A common assumption about developmental brain conditions is that treatment must happen very early, before the brain finishes its major stages of development. A new laboratory study challenges that ...

You walk in a park. Children are playing, people are walking their dogs, and then you hear someone say, "Who's my little sweetie?" You turn around expecting to see a stroller. But someone is sitting ...

Microglia are the brain’s most abundant immune cells. They protect against invading threats, remove damaged neurons and help shape neural circuits as the brain develops. Scientists at Columbia’s ...