As we’ve done 12 times prior—spanning just over four years–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.” In ...

AI projects are decoding animal communication with 72% accuracy on whale clicks, dolphin whistles, and cross-species translation models worth $500,000 prizes.

Jodie Wiederkehr–veteran animal advocate and Founder-Executive Director of the Chicago Alliance for Animals (CAA) —recounts details of how CAA was formed in 2015. (She has recalled in a previous ...

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.

Despite their small brains, many birds develop sophisticated social structures with diverse systems of communication. Vocalization serves an important part in both communicating and learning a new ...