Interspecies Internet sounds like the title of a science‑fiction film. But this initiative, also known as Interspecies.io, is ...

The world sounds very different when you listen like a scientist instead of a tourist. Hidden in ocean waves, forests, and ...

In 2023, researchers did something that sounds like it belongs in a Pixar movie: they decoded a humpback whale’s “hello” and used it to hold a brief back-and-forth exchange with a whale off the coast ...

Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to your child’s early speech and language development? Speech refers to the production of sounds that transform into words through the physical act of ...

Language was long understood as a human-only affair. New research suggests that isn’t so. Credit...Illustration by Denise Nestor Supported by By Sonia Shah Can a mouse learn a new song? Such a ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

As scientists use machine learning to decode the sounds of whales, dogs, and dolphins, opinions vary on how best to deploy the technology. Reading time 7 minutes Chirps, trills, growls, howls, squawks ...

It’s a question that has fascinated researchers and thinkers of various traditions. Animals and humans have always interpenetrated and shaped each other’s worlds, but the project of understanding how ...