Dogs are built to hide weakness. That’s not a personality flaw, it’s survival wiring. In the wild, the animal that looks hurt becomes a target, so a lot of dogs still carry that instinct even when ...

As I watch her gray muzzle rest peacefully on the couch, I realize this twelve-year-old dog has spent exactly 4,380 days giving me unconditional love while I've wasted thousands more begging for ...

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Can old dogs teach us new tricks for how to live longer, healthier lives? A nationwide project searches for answers.

The Rowe family dog Ralph was one of many canines who participated in a study of the drug rapamycin. Scientists were able to ...

Interestingly, psychologist and canine researcher Stanley Coren, PhD, stated that his work leads him to believe that the average dog’s intelligence is actually on par with a 2-year-old child’s.

This ranking counts down the 25 smartest dog breeds based on Stanley Coren's widely respected 2006 book The Intelligence of ...

You've seen it on the internet: if your dog puts up a paw to stop its nose from hitting the wall, it's smart. Or is it?

Newsweek spoke to 13-year-old Dobie's owner and a vet to find out if canines can teach themselves to become diabetes-alert ...

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Near the end of sixth grade, Bronia DePedrina’s daughter became anxious and stressed about going to school. Her daughter had always been a good student and enthusiastic learner, said the Vancouver ...

“I’ve spent a long time exploring the crystalline beauty of traditional mathematics, but now I’m feeling an urge to study something slightly more earthy,” John Baez wrote on his blog in 2011. An ...