Dogs have spent centuries figuring us out. They’ve mastered our gestures, watched our moods, and even learned to follow our eyes.

In the 1970s, the behavioral psychologist Herbert S. Terrace led a remarkable experiment to see if a chimpanzee could be taught to use language. A young ape, named “Nim Chimpsky” in a nod to the ...

This story originally published in the August 1963 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Up on the mountains the midday sun glared fiercely, but ...

When one of Earth’s smartest creatures vocalizes, it fuels a heated debate among scientists: Are dolphins actually speaking a ...

Most Intelligent Mammal: The Bottlenose Dolphin is widely regarded as the most intelligent mammal on Earth. Known for their exceptional problem-solving skills, advanced communication, and emotional ...

Have you had any physical contact with someone you care about lately? As we grow older, the opportunities to hold hands with someone may gradually decrease. However, this casual act hides a deeper ...

Primary school pupils have said learning sign language means they are able to communicate with deaf family members and ...

Penn researchers say they want to preserve the well-documented cultural phenomenon that is fading from popular use.

Jane Goodall’s research at Gombe Stream National Park revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzee intelligence. In 1960, she observed a chimp named David Greybeard stripping leaves from twigs to ...

The camp put on by the Dallas Independent School District allows any student to participate, whether deaf, hard of hearing, ...

This behavior is further evidence of chimpanzees' deep interaction with their environment," added Morgan "On a daily and ...

Research into non-human Great Ape language has generated a great deal of evidence suggesting that apes are capable of using sophisticated communication with humans and other apes. Gorillas and ...