Chimpanzees eat more than fruit. When they're on the hunt for meat, researchers have found their barks bring other chimps to close in on their prey.

"...our voices have a direct impact on the emotional state of animals, which is very interesting from an animal welfare perspective."

Understanding the learning environments that help babies connect words to objects could help develop interventions for kids considered to be "late talkers."

Experts on the language disorder aphasia explain symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments, and dispel some common myths.

Over time, people make changes to languages they use for a pretty simple reason: to make communication easier, a study of American Sign Language suggests.

The news and pictures of Russia's invasion of Ukraine may be frightening for your kids. An expert offers tips on the best way to reassure them.

Grunts reveal if a pig is happy, excited, scared, stressed, or somewhere in between, a new study of 7,000 recordings shows.

Grunts reveal if a pig is happy, excited, scared, stressed, or somewhere in between, a new study of 7,000 recordings shows.

Advanced cancer patients may have misconceptions about how long they will live. "We need better ways to help people understand terrifying news."

There are ways palliative care providers can navigate conversations to help end-of-life patients optimize their quality of life and mitigate suffering.