The lip-smacking vocalizations gelada monkeys make are surprisingly similar to human speech, a new study finds. Many non-human primates demonstrate lip-smacking behavior, but geladas are the only ones ...

The throat and facial movements that twist the air pushing through your vocal cords into words could be rooted in the well-meaning expressions primates exchange with each other, according to two ...

When humans snore, it can be irritating—especially for the person trying to sleep in the same room. But when pets snore, most of the time we find it incredibly endearing. In a sweet TikTok video, a ...

Adapted from "The Evolving Animal Orchestra: In Search of What Makes Us Musical", by Dr. Henkjan Honing, translated by Sherry Macdonald, The MIT PRESS, 2019. As a music cognition researcher interested ...

As a dog parent, nobody knows our pups better than we do... but when it comes to anything related to their behavior of health ...