Scientists found special brain connections in seals and sea lions that help control vocal sounds. This may explain how speech ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

In its efforts to rehabilitate dozens of sea turtles, the New England Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital has given the creatures with font-inspired names ahead of their anticipated summertime release back ...

Those bizarre sea creatures that light up like carnival rides are actually ctenophores, which have an ancient brainlike structure.

From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" ...

As wildlife tourism grows, scientists are asking a bigger question: can we bring people closer to nature without reshaping the ecosystems they came to see?

Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to keep them alive.

Every road trip needs a stop or two to break up all that driving. Thankfully, Alabama has plenty of those no matter what area ...

You start to see what history noticed — and what it didn’t. For Women’s History Month, my colleagues and I pored over hundreds of obituaries in The New York Times archives. Our new project, which we ...

Northeast Pet Showcase Features Entertainment, Education & Shopping Runs March 6th-8th The public we encounter ...

Explore Vizcaya Museum & Gardens in Miami, Florida, a stunning waterfront estate with Italian-style architecture, lush ...