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” ...

While attending the recent 14th meeting of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland in Salisbury, England, I learned of a book that immediately caught my attention. During his paper ...

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 ...

"Moody, unpredictable and with an striking disregard for the rules, teenagers can be hard to handle. Now it turns out the same is true for adolescent dogs." —Nicola Davis "Like teenagers—whose bodies ...

Dogs in Europe had been domesticated from wild wolves by at least 14,200 years ago, two new genetic studies suggest. The two studies are a “significant advance” in understanding how dogs evolved from ...

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