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, ...

Ever felt like you were "overreacting" because you couldn't stop crying over your pup while everyone else just didn't get it?

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.

Ollie reports dogs show love through eye contact, affectionate gestures, and emotional connections, demonstrating a genuine ...

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

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 ...

Assessing a dog’s temperament can be a high-stakes game. Get it wrong in a police dog, and you have a dangerous liability.

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

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 ...