Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do

A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba ...

From chickens to humans, animals think “bouba” sounds round

The initial finding dates all the way back to 1947, when someone discovered that people associated some word-like sounds with ...
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Five Dramatic Ways Animals Respond to Human Noise, From Mimicking Car Alarms While Wooing Mates to Calling Higher Over the Din of Traffic

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 ...
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Researchers teach orca to imitate human language, other animal sounds

ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...
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Polly Wants a Conviction: Can Animals Testify in Court?

Imagine walking into a courtroom and seeing a cage near the witness stand. Inside sits a bright, alert parrot whose owner was ...
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Can AI help humans understand animals and reconnect with nature? A nonprofit research lab thinks so

MONTREAL (AP) — Peeps trickle out of a soundproof chamber as its door opens. Female zebra finches are chattering away inside the microphone-lined box. The laboratory room sounds like a chorus of ...