Mood can reverse how humans judge dog emotions. Positive moods may make dogs look sadder, while negative moods can make them ...

Scientists are beginning to trace a surprising link between the genes that shape dog behavior and the biology that underpins ...

Many families have long had a sense that growing up with a dog offers more than simple companionship, and new research adds ...

Dogs may boost mental health by subtly reshaping the microbes in our bodies. Having a dog doesn’t only mean companionship, ...

Researchers analyzed the genomes and behavioral profiles of 1,300 golden retrievers and found that several behavioral traits—such as trainability, fear of strangers, and aggression toward other ...

Dogs aren't just our pets. We also see them as our friends and family members. But do we get the same things out of our interactions with our dogs that we get out of our interactions with our human ...

Dogs are a man's best friend—and new research has shown that this friendship can actually influence man's personality. A new study published in Social Indicators Research suggests that owning a dog ...

A long-shared history links humans and dogs, a relationship that began more than 15,000 years ago when early wolves sought food and shelter near human settlements and gradually adapted to life ...

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 ...

Lots of folks treat their pets as if they have human thoughts and emotions but it’s easier to fall into that habit when your dog has very human expressions. Lil Max, a former stray that looks like a ...