Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique ...

I’m always leery of claims that humans are uniquely exceptional, that we are better than nonhuman animals (animals ... now bundles in everything. MB: Who do you hope to reach in your book?

Scientists do not intend to actually create living animal-human hybrids. [Such beings are often referred to as chimeras after a creature in Greek mythology which had a lion's head, a goat's body ...

Recent research from The Rockefeller University suggests a unique mutation in the NOVA1 gene, specific to humans, played a critical role in the evolution of spoken language. This mutation, not found ...

We have yet to overcome the communication barrier between humans and animals, but we may be getting closer by the day. How could we talk to animals? The key to understanding animal language could ...

Some claim that polar bears are the only animals that hunt humans, but is this true? What would you do if you encountered a polar bear?

Animals do not kill others because of beliefs or skin colour. Humans do. Israel has killed in October 2024 war tens of thousand of Palestinian children in Gaza. The Israeli defence minister ...