When a fruit fly gets dust on its body, it launches into a precise cleaning routine, sweeping and rubbing its legs in ...

A new study saying bumblebees can recognize rhythmic patterns puts them alongside Ronan the sea lion, the first non-human mammal shown to keep a beat.

New Australian research shows bumblebees can learn and recognise rhythmic patterns across different tempos and even across ...

Scientists find many animals communicate at the same rhythm, suggesting brains may be tuned to a shared processing pace.

Children with dyslexia often find it difficult to count the number of syllables in spoken words or to determine whether words rhyme. These subtle difficulties are seen across languages with different ...

Drumming and singing at the same time is impressive, whether you’re Karen Carpenter, Ringo Starr or a chimpanzee. Japanese ...

If animals could be nominated for Grammys, these lemurs could win.That's because they've got rhythm.The Indri indri, a species of lemur in Madagascar, is one of a few animal species with rhythm, ...

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A recent study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience provides evidence that listening to live ...

Rhythmic movements, such as walking, chewing or scratching, are phylogenetically old motor behaviors found in many organisms, ranging from insects to primates. In contrast, discrete movements, such as ...

An international team of researchers has found it likely that bipedal dinosaurs swung their tails as they walked and ran to maintain their balance. In their paper published in the journal Science ...