At the turn of the 20th century, a famous horse named Clever Hans toured Germany. The horse stunned crowds as his trainer demonstrated the animal's alleged ability to understand German, tell time and ...

I was always fascinated by their intelligence and their emotions. As well, I was educated in language theory and semiotics (sign theory). Like a number of animal advocates who opposed “exceptionalism, ...

It's a dog's life. Source: Mylene2401/Pixabay Humans have used animals as a resource since both first walked the world together. Livestock have been used to create, manage, and provision farms, while ...

We’ve been wondering what goes on inside the minds of animals since antiquity. Dr. Doolittle’s talent was far from novel when it was first published in 1920; Greco-Roman literature is lousy with ...

Anna Jon-And receives funding from from the Swedish Research Council and has received funding from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Johan Lind has received funding from the Swedish Research ...

Little scientific work has been done on the “language” of animals. Partly because most animals are not very gabby, partly because they are shy, until lately the only available collections of animal ...

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Humanity often describes extreme violence perpetrated by humans upon each other as ‘animal rage’ or ‘animal acts’, creating a false distinction between human and animal ...