ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...

Birds are among the most intelligent and talkative animals in the entire world. Their babbling, chatty, and loose-lipped mimicry has inspired various stories from across all human cultures. However, ...

TOYOOKA, Hyogo – A sea lion named Hama can imitate human movements, according to a study led by an official at the Kinosaki Marine World aquarium in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture. Similar abilities have ...

There have been many studies on the capability of non-human animals to mimic transitive actions—actions that have a purpose. Hardly any studies have shown that animals are also capable of intransitive ...

Watching animals of two different species play together is an irresistible joy. Especially when one of these animals very playfully tries to imitate the other. That is certainly the case with the ...

Source: Ben McLeod, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 I got a note from Pam Lee who lives in Vancouver, Canada. She described some interesting behavior displayed by her 3-year-old Alaskan Malamute, Icy.

ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...