Living alongside humans changed both how dogs behave and how they look. Research shows that domestic dogs developed a small facial muscle that helps them create the familiar “puppy dog eyes” ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another. By Emily Anthes In the waning days of the ...

Rare canine talent: Only a small number of 'gifted word learner' dogs can recognize hundreds of objects by name, a skill most dogs don't naturally have. Learning by eavesdropping: Studies show these ...

Odin was a kelpie. Attentive and protective, with a happy smile and an endless hope for food, he succumbed to a terminal disease late last year. At his death, a deep sense of grief ripped through the ...

When a human cries, it is not just a visible emotional moment. It is a powerful biological signal involving changes in the ...