Animals can't talk like humans do—here's why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed. Story by Anna Jon-And, Johan Lind • 1d.

Researchers are using large language models to decode the communication patterns of animals.

And can we talk to them? In an animal special of Radio 4's Word of Mouth, Michael Rosen chats to expert Dr Arik Kershenbaum – a zoologist and the author of Why Animals Talk: The New Science of ...

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He says we can learn a lot about humans’ ability to use language by knowing more about the animal world. His new book is Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication. Kershenbaum writes ...

Rather than chasing grammar in animals, a more grounded approach asks what cognitive difference might explain the gap ...

Animals can't talk like humans do—here's why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed. by Anna Jon-And, Johan Lind, The Conversation.

Yet while animal calls can be combined, nobody has observed animals doing this to create new meanings in an open-ended productive manner. They don't scale into the layered meanings that human ...

Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed. Published: June 9, 2025 12:41pm EDT.