For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

Could dogs ever learn something like speech? A new review explores the science behind enhancing canine communication.

The research suggests that dogs have the neurological capacity to eavesdrop and learn new words when they hear humans talking ...

Wearing headsets, 18 subjects lay quietly while a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine (fMRI) droned on around their heads. They listened as a female voice recited a famous line from a ...

According to a new study, your dog may learn language similar to how your toddler does, giving the term "fur baby" a whole new meaning.

Dear reader, recently there have been several articles about the intelligence of dogs and their ability to understand spoken language and tone. One article featured Shira, a rescued Border Collie, who ...

We live in a sea of constant sounds and noises. Some are meaningful and some are not. However, it seems as though we have a remarkable ability to discriminate human speech from all of those other ...

Dear reader, recently the internet, and the nightly news couldn’t get enough of the dog who had learned sign language along with his mom. Apparently, after mom lost her hearing she and her husband ...