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 ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Creature features can be a ton of fun when done right, and are often scarier when they feature real animals as opposed to fantastical monsters. At their best, animal attack movies are not just about ...

Humans and animals like the same sounds, new research reveals, proving Charles Darwin correct. The findings show that people showed preferences for calls that other species find the most attractive.

Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a common aspect of perception that dates back hundreds of millions of years.

From the eerie croak of a tropical frog to the haunting call of the howler monkey, the animal kingdom is filled with some ...

UC San Diego’s Federico Rossano breaks down the science behind dogs’ “word buttons,” the global fascination it sparked, and what it means for studying minds — animal and artificial Changing science ...

Before you enter your office’s voting pool, test your knowledge with the quiz that separates the ‘Sinners’ from the winners.

Piping plovers are here, American woodcocks arrived earlier than ever, and groundhogs have started to show themselves.

From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" ...