Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the experts their thoughts on how conceivable the plot is.

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With more than 100,000 people in need of an organ transplant in the U.S. alone, scientists have turned toward perfecting human-animal chimeras as a ...

New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

Learn more about cross-species adoption and why there are so few recorded cases of it.

Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be something more biologically innate driving your acoustic choices: A new study found that animals and humans tend to prefer many of the same ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...