People have been trying to talk with animals for decades and we might be on the precipice of pulling it off. While previous attempts utilized such questionable methods as dosing dolphins with LSD, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Josh McGirk was skeptical about animal communicators. The south Denver resident loved his four-legged family members and was at his wits’ end after adopting ...

For some, talking to animals is the stuff of fairy tales, cartoons, or quirky movies starring Eddie Murphy. But for Val Heart, animal communication is a real and profound ability — one that can ...

Sophie Cohen-Bodénès knew she was onto something when she saw the cuttlefish extend two arms upwards while twisting its six others together. It was making what she calls the “up” sign – and, ...

Increasingly, however, talking with the animals is becoming less of a fantasy. This doesn’t just invite some fantastic conversations, but recontexualizes the rights we allot to non-human creatures.

Communication between species has a long and wishful history, beginning with myths, legends, and stories like those of King Solomon and Doctor Dolittle. In the past century, that history has blossomed ...