The new paper shows that roughly 11% of analyst questions in conference calls yield non-answers from corporate managers.

"We have to do better with how we interact with wildlife. We need to learn how to communicate with people about zoonotic diseases and wildlife trade..."

Puppies may be able to communicate with people shortly after birth, researchers report. Their genes also point to whether they'll be good at social skills.

People add pauses to highlight important information in their speech. Electric fish do something similar, according to new research.

New research on primate alloparenting, or infant care by non-parents, sheds light on the evolution of facial expressions.

A brain-computer interface allowed a man with paralysis to create computer text at 90 characters per minute just by thinking about handwriting.

Gestures like waving and pointing go hand-in-hand with first words. A new study finds twins do both later than single-born children.

Male zebra finches sing the same phrases during courtship and non-courtship. We can't tell which is which but a new algorthm can—and female finches can too.

Male zebra finches sing the same phrases during courtship and non-courtship. We can't tell which is which but a new algorthm can—and female finches can too.

By reducing synchrony among speakers, video conferencing actually may make it harder to communicate effectively than non-visual ways of connecting.