In The Secrets of Friendship, behavioural scientist Clive Wynne puts the bond between human and dog to the test to answer questions like can a canine companion really be our friend?; do dogs like ...

Since humans domesticated dogs, causing actual genetic changes in the canines, has there been a reciprocal genetic change in humans making us more compatible with dogs? In other words, have dogs ...

Somewhere near Lake Baikal on the Siberian steppes, archaeologists were opening 7,000-year-old graves. The bodies had been carefully interred. One was buried with a long, carved spoon. Another had ...

The bond between humans and their dogs dates back thousands of years, says University of Alberta anthropologist Rob Losey. "We share the same kind of basic biological response to each other," said ...

What makes dogs so special is their deeply social nature—not just with humans, but with each other. Anyone who’s lived with more than one dog has likely seen the strong, lasting bonds they form. They ...

Everybody knows that dogs can learn to associate specific spoken words with objects that look a certain way. A groundbreaking new study, however, shows that some gifted dogs can also match given ...

Dogs may be able to "listen in" on human speech, a new study has shown. The research found dogs have the neurological capacity to pick out information relevant to them when hearing humans talking.