Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

Discover the neural similarities of seals to particularly vocal birds and even humans, suggesting the foundations of speech may not be uniquely human after all.

Puget Sound, Washington — State wildlife commissioners heard testimony Friday about whether a seal and sea lion cull could help save salmon, and thereby restore food to the starving Southern Resident ...

Scientists found special brain connections in seals and sea lions that help control vocal sounds. This may explain how speech ...

In the early 1980s, a group of recreational fishermen dropping lines near the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard, Washington, started complaining about a particularly large and wily California sea ...