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 ...

MONTREAL — Peeps trickle out of a soundproof chamber as its door opens. Female zebra finches are chattering away inside the microphone-lined box. The laboratory room sounds like a chorus of squeaky ...

The quest to translate animal communication has entered a groundbreaking new phase. AI researchers are now developing sophisticated algorithms that can decode various animal vocalizations across ...

In 2025 we will see AI and machine learning leveraged to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a question that has puzzled humans as long as we have existed: “What are ...

In this archival episode of The Ear, reporter Alicia Theologides Rodriguez commemorates the 50th anniversary of a controversial Columbia study that explored whether chimps possess the cognitive ...

Creative 360 will welcome professor Thore Bergman as he presents “Listening to the Wild: Can AI Help Us to Understand Animals?” at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 17. The presentation is part of Creative ...