Mice use almost completely distinct sets of neurons for their two different types of vocalizations—the squeaks they produce when in distress or fighting and the whistle-like ultrasonic vocalizations ...

When it comes to conversation, the closest the animal kingdom gets to humanlike abilities may be found in an unassuming Central American mouse. Alston’s singing mice let loose chirping songs that can ...

An irreverent blend of Tom and Jerry, Ren and Stimpy, and Prison Pit, this collection of the '80s Italian underground comic series dials up the gory, raunchy hijinks to 11. An outrageously cruel cat ...

A new study suggests that the NOVA1 gene may have been a key player in the evolution of human language. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have long struggled to understand how human language evolved. Words ...

Cornell neuroscientists have identified a group of midbrain neurons essential to social vocalizations produced by mice—but not the squeaks they make when distressed. The findings suggest that in mice, ...