The Dog Aging Project, a long-term study on canine aging, has collected data on dog behavior from more than 50,000 owners, distilling the results into scores for traits such as trainability, ...

A new study suggests dogs began to diversify about 11,000 years earlier than we thought. Plus, a long-running experiment to ...

Could dogs ever learn something like speech? A new review explores the science behind enhancing canine communication.

Our voice affects dogs more than we realize—and anger seems to have the strongest effect on them, a new study has found.

For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

“Dogs are able to sniff out something we can’t,” says Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, Senior Veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center of New York City, and that’s not a clever quip this is a lifesaver for anyone ...

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 ...

People are, generally, hardwired to care for others and we do this by forming families that come in all shapes and sizes, many that inclue raising kids. But today, more and more people are finding ...

Los Angeles parents, prepare yourselves. The California Science Center has officially re-unleashed Dogs! A Science Tail, the wildly popular, deeply sniffable exhibition all about the science behind ...

This post is in response to A Heartwarming Tale of Hope for Lucky Rescued Lab Dogs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Source: Diogo Miranda/Pexels. Beagles are very popular companion dogs and also very popular ...