Nile crocodiles react to the cries of infants from species such as bonobos, chimpanzees, and humans. New research shows that crocodiles also seem to distinguish levels of distress in cries. The ...

Look who’s talking indeed. Developers of a new app from Taiwan called “Infant Cries Translator” claim that it can translate the myriad crying sounds made by babies. Researchers at the National Taiwan ...

An app that can differentiate between a variety of crying sounds made by babies has been developed by Taiwanese researchers. The Infant Cries Translator was developed at the National Taiwan University ...

The sound slices through the quiet of the night: a muffled sob, then a hiccup, quickly escalating into a high-pitched, frantic wail. For any parent or caregiver, this is a familiar, urgent call to ...

It is an all-too-common scenario—a baby is up all night crying, and an exhausted mother gets in and out of bed to care for the infant. The father sleeps soundly next to her, seemingly oblivious to the ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The wail of a newborn may sound the same to the ears of sleep-deprived parents the world over, but according to scientists, that's not the case: Babies cry in the language ...