Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging ...

Social singing and dance are often assumed to be hard-wired into the human condition; studies have supported the conclusion ...

As songs don't fossilise, this is a difficult task, point out our readers – but this doesn't stop them having a go ...

Summary: New research challenges the long-held belief that dance and lullabies are universal to human culture. Drawing on ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sophisticated birdsong follows strict grammatical rules, much like human sentences. But what happens when birds can’t hear themselves sing? A new international study of ...

Researchers also saw more "off-key" elements at the end of musical phrases, indicating that the animals get vocally tired—just as human singers might after a long performance. Learning to sing ...