A new study finds the average chimpanzee response time in gestured conversations is 120 milliseconds, which isn’t that far from the human average of 200 milliseconds

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be because of how they are learned

Whale vocalizations follow efficiency rules seen in human language, revealing striking similarities in communication systems.

Researchers debate what constitutes animal “language,” but one thing is clear: We’re not the only ones capable of complex communication.

Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs. But some scholars are skeptical.

Chimpanzees combine hoots, calls and grunts to convey far more concepts than with single sounds alone. It may be a first among nonhuman animals.

In groundbreaking work from The University of Warwick, researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalise with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communication, suggesting a much older evolutionary origin.

New research suggests that bird vocalizations may follow hidden rules similar to those that govern human language.

Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologists debate what, if anything, that means.

Certain canines can learn using cues from people’s gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers find

Many animals produce courtship sounds, and receivers prefer some sounds over others. Shared ancestry and convergent evolution may generate similarities in preference across species and underlie Darwin’s conjecture that some animals “have nearly the same ...

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

Scientists are piecing together why elephants make these low calls and what they might mean