An equine makes the low-pitched part of its whinny by vibrating its vocal cords—similar to how humans speak and sing—and the high-pitched part by whistling ...

The ability to make two distinct sounds at once is shared with human beat boxers and throat singers. The horse whinny, or neigh, has been a familiar sound at least since the animal was domesticated, ...

Horses use their larynx to make two sounds simultaneously, so they are effectively singing and whistling at the same time ...

The initial finding dates all the way back to 1947, when someone discovered that people associated some word-like sounds with ...

Some sounds can signal danger even before your eyes see it or your body feels it. Like the ominous ‘whumph’ before an ...

When it comes to the sense of hearing, humans might consider themselves quite adept, but there is a fascinating world of auditory perception beyond our grasp. Many animals have evolved to hear ...

Home » News » Top 10 Smartest Domestic Animals (Ranked) You might think intelligence in the animal kingdom is limited to dolphins or primates, but look around your own home. The creatures we share our ...

ATLANTA — The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other domesticated animals. The new finding describes what a biologist says could be ...

It seems that domestic cats were not the first felines to live with humans, a study undertaken in China has revealed. In fact, the cats we are most familiar with they only arrived in the region via ...

Videos of friendly, gentle foxes approaching humans, seemingly wanting to play, are going viral on TikTok. But just because a species is sociable doesn't necessarily make it domesticated. An urban red ...

The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest member of the canine family with fur ranging from gray to brown, black or white. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...