Some say the oldest known human settlement is Uruk, in modern-day Iraq. Others say Jericho, in Palestine. Wherever it is, it must be the place where synurbization—the process of wildlife adapting to ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The best thing language has ever done for us, as far as I’m concerned, is give us the ability to talk with and about one another. Why bother with words if you ...

We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line doesn’t always hold. Apes steal territory. Parrots ace memory tests. Bees react ...