There are many famous examples of animals who seem to understand human language. But is there any real science behind them?

From trying to teach animals like parrots and chimpanzees language, scientists have learned that they have a lot of the building blocks already: the ability to understand word order, to mimic ...

Possum, kitten, pudding, sweetie, baby, and so on, they’re positive, right? Well, sort of. They’re not pejoratives, and they’re not all animal words, and they’re generally said in love, but in a way ...