If you slow a dolphin whistle down about 30 times it sounds just like a wolf howl, something I often do in my lectures," he said. "The presence of complex referential communication in species that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Love them or hate them, wolves are vital members of natural ecosystems and the health of a wolf population can be an important ...

The largest ever study of howling in the 'canid' family of species -- which includes wolves, jackals and domestic dogs -- has shown that the various species and subspecies have distinguishing ...

Love them or hate them, wolves are vital members of natural ecosystems and the health of a wolf population can be an important factor in maintaining balance among species. Wolf populations are growing ...

Just like humans, wolf species apparently have more than 2,000 distinct howling "dialects," each corresponding to a particular kind and subspecies of the canine. In the largest study of its kind, ...

Does your furry friend burst into howls suddenly? Does he sound like a lone wolf, sometimes wailing and sometimes channelising his inner Pavarotti? Dog howling can be a baffling but also adorable ...