Crickets, katydids, and grasshoppers have been singing the same tune for more than 300 million years, a new study shows.

Wanting to help others motivates people to use chatbots for mental health services more than seeking help for themselves after a shooting, researchers say.

Phone calls may beat texting if you want to connect with other people. The voice itself seems to be integral to bonding, researchers say.

Electric fish use zaps to communicate but all that zapping can get confusing. When they sense their own signal, a brain function says, "Ignore it."

Check out the video showing how an experiment with 16 violinists playing together reveals the uniqueness of human social networks.

Messages from early childhood education centers may make parents more likely to engage in learning activities with their kids at home.

Drawing on thousands of emails from Enron, researchers have created a method to bring better manners to our communications via "politeness transfer."

The older people are, the fewer memories they share, research finds. And when they do share, they do it in less detail than younger people do, too.

Criminologists observed homicide detectives and conducted focus groups with the friends and families of murder victims to identify sources of tension.

"The autism spectrum is incredibly broad, so what might be an effective intervention technique for one child might not necessarily be the best option for another."