European researchers are developing a tool to help identify animal emotions through a vocal recognition system. It aims to help people who work with pigs identify whether the animals are in distress.

Guinea pigs are small animals with big opinions, and squeaks are the fastest way they share them. These sounds typically begin early, often within two weeks of birth, and continue throughout the day.

Pigs are noisy creatures, from their contented oinks to their terrified squeals. But could those sounds contain clues to their emotions and welfare? An international team of researchers say so. For a ...

An international team of researchers has reported the development of an algorithm that can translate the emotional state of pigs from the sound of their grunts. The researchers indicate the system ...

At any given moment, there are as many as 12,500 Duroc hogs snorting around the barnyards of Imani Farms, a pig farm in southwestern Ontario. The farm’s pens are a cacophony of squeals, screams, barks ...

How we speak matters to animals. Horses, pigs and wild horses can distinguish between negative and positive sounds from their fellow species and near relatives, as well as from human speech. The study ...

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An algorithm built by European researchers could help farmers “speak pig” to improve the animals’ welfare. By Corinne Purtill At any given moment, there are as many as 12,500 Duroc hogs snorting ...

In recent years, Alex, the African gray parrot, developed a vocabulary of 150 words. PEPPERBERG: That's a good boy. Truck - good boy. ALEX: Want nut. PEPPERBERG: Well, you can have a nut. Go choose ...