From daily routines to emotional cues, science reveals how dogs choose their favorite person—and why that bond runs deeper ...

The Dog Aging Project, a long-term study on canine aging, has collected data on dog behavior from more than 50,000 owners, ...

Dogs can have wildly different personalities, which often vary by breed and size. Although individual temperament matters ...

Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super learners can pick up new words by overhearing people talk, just as toddlers ...

Most pet dogs carry small fragments of wolf DNA, left behind after their long association with people. That genetic trace is ...

The second occurred in the “overhearing” condition, where the dog watched as the primary caretaker talked to another family ...

According to the team, these findings suggest a dog’s ability to learn from overheard speech may rely on brain mechanisms ...

When you hear about "science focused on how dogs can live their best lives with us" it sounds like an imaginary job made up by a child. However, the field of animal welfare science is real and ...

Aside from the fact you have to leave Fido, Scraps and Mr. Barksalot at home, it’s hard to imagine an exhibition more appealing to dog lovers. Just opened at the Great Lakes Science Center, on the ...

It's clear to anyone who pays close attention to how dogs should be taught to adapt to a human-oriented world that positive, force-free, do no harm training is the only show in town. Because dogs are ...