The Daily Phoenix

Have you heard of any of these famous talking animals? They’re going to make you want to get after your vocabulary training this week!

Defining what is language is tricky and even the experts disagree. But at this point, it may be worth bringing up the question: what is it that sets human language apart from animal language?

Carl Safina doesn't hesitate to point out our speciesism in this blistering and enlightening TED talk on animal empathy and communication.

Sperm whales can cram 1,600 micro clicks into a single second and repeat the same discrete communications over and over again, down to the millisecond.

To get our mental gears turning this week, let’s talk about the variety of modes by which animals can communicate.