A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The gene is called NOVA1, and in our own species, it is remarkably unique. While ...

Mickey Mouse may have kept quiet during his early days on the silver screen, but his lab counterparts seem to have a penchant for song. That's the finding in an analysis of the ultrasonic sounds made ...

Michael Eisner’s announcement that he’s ankling the Mouse House in two years hasn’t calmed the ire of Roy Disney and Stanley Gold. Instead, the dissident shareholders are now calling on Disney’s board ...

People like to talk. We're unique in the animal kingdom in terms of how much we communicate and the kinds of information we discuss. Scientists are trying to understand how this special trait evolved ...

This flight was a real Mickey Mouse operation. An airplane was forced to make an unexpected landing in Denmark when a mouse leaped from a passenger’s meal and began scurrying around the cabin, the ...

Across the many thousands of movies, TV shows, comic books, video games, Broadway musicals, and more that Disney has produced over the past century, the iconic brand has produced countless beloved ...