At the turn of the 20th century, a famous horse named Clever Hans toured Germany. The horse stunned crowds as his trainer demonstrated the animal's alleged ability to understand German, tell time and ...

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Whenever someone asked me what superpower I would like to have, my answer was always ...

Little scientific work has been done on the “language” of animals. Partly because most animals are not very gabby, partly because they are shy, until lately the only available collections of animal ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is now encouraging the public to stop using popular idioms because they are considered "anti-animal language." The organization said people should ...

Naturalist George Bumann decodes animal communication in Yellowstone, revealing how listening to wildlife transforms our ...

In 2016, according a study by the GFK Group, it was estimated that more than half of the world's population owned a pet, with the stars of the household being cats, dogs, fish and birds. But even if ...

PETA's request to replace "anti-animal" language" in everyday conversation was met with ridicule and criticism after the animal rights group compared popular meat-related expressions to racism and ...

Communication is one very important ability distinguishing humans from animals. Humans use verbal and nonverbal language as ways of communicating what they see in one situation to other people. This ...