Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. Squirrels, common birds, and the occasional raccoon or opossum are about ...

WASHINGTON — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. The names are one part of elephants’ ...

Explore the mesmerizing world of nature in "The Sounds of Nature," where the captivating calls of animals come to life. This ...

Wild elephants seem to address each other using distinctive, rumbling sounds that could be akin to individual names. That's according to a provocative new study in the journal Nature Ecology & ...

It may not be polite to eavesdrop, but sometimes, listening in on others’ conversations can provide valuable information. And in this way, humans are like most other species in the animal world, where ...