Scientists are using artificial intelligence to understand sperm whale vocalizations. Lawyers think the discoveries may ...

A new framework argues that human language did not arise from a single evolutionary leap but from the convergence of many biological abilities and cultural processes.

A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and ...

Florida hides a living masterpiece where bamboo towers like skyscrapers and water lilies stretch wider than your dining table. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens in Gainesville offers 62 acres of botanical ...

There’s something magical that happens when you stumble upon a place that feels like it’s been waiting for you your whole life – Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe in Emeryville, California is exactly that kind ...

In a re-evaluation of Hockett's foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like "arbitrariness ...

Do lions have accents? Study finds geographic differences in roars and reveals what scientists thought was one roar type is ...

A 65-foot-tall mudbrick temple known as the Deffufa was constructed some 4,000 years ago as the spiritual center of the ancient Nubian capital of Kerma in northern Sudan. As the Nile slices through ...

When we listen to a familiar language, we easily discern the starts and stops of words, even when they're barely there. It ...