About 70 million dogs live in human homes in the United States. That's 10 million more dogs than children under the age of 15. The pattern in other Western countries is similar. Roughly 40 per cent of ...

On April 9, the BC Highway Patrol pulled over a driver in Burnaby and fined him $109 for driving with his dog on his lap. In the police photo you can see the cute black terrier looking shamefully at ...

We all know animals — especially dogs — have a refined sense of smell. In many cases, dogs have able to detect diseases in people like cancer and Parkinson's disease, and possibly even COVID-19.

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 ...

Scientists have found evidence to support what many dog owners have long believed: man's best friend really does understand some of what we're saying. Researchers in Hungary scanned the brains of dogs ...

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 ...

Scientists in the U.S. and Britain are looking at dogs for answers. Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell and scientists are studying whether our canine friends could help identify people infected ...

If you've ever felt like your dog just KNOWS you and knows what you're thinking, you're right, but probably not in the way you think. Those puppy-dog eyes she gives you? It turns out that might not be ...

Photographer Gerrard Gethings searched the UK for human-dog pairings. After doing a similar project with cats, he's now ...