Two-week-old babies seem able to distinguish the rhythm and other sounds of a nursery rhyme they heard in the uterus from an unfamiliar one. The extent to which they can do this appears to predict ...

It’s funny thinking how some nursery rhymes become children’s songs. And this one, about three mice who cannot see who get their tails chopped off with a carving knife, is at the top of the list.

Male leopard seals compose and sing their own songs to woo potential mating partners, scientists in Australia have found. The songs are structured much like nursery rhymes, making them easy to ...