As a pediatrician, I always ask about babble. “Is the baby making sounds?” I ask the parent of a 4-month-old, a 6-month-old, a 9-month-old. The answer is rarely no. But if it is, it’s important to try ...

Spend any time around a baby and you're likely to hear some babbling. Now, new research shows baby bats can do it too. The researchers believe that bats and humans both evolved babbling as a precursor ...