Dogs are known to recognize and respond to human facial expressions, but a new study shows how deeply they understand our ...

Dogs have lived beside people for thousands of years, but modern breeds tell only the newest part of that history. Today, ...

We call them "man's best friend," and the evidence supports it. Dogs have been found buried alongside humans in graves dating ...

A female puppy that lived some 15,800 years ago in present-day Turkey has been labeled as the earliest-known dog by scientists in papers published on Wednesday. The remains are nearly 5,000 years ...

Dogs normally interpret people using many signals at once, including facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and scent. "When we compare humans with primates, we are looking at abilities ...

Scientists—and dog lovers—have long known that dogs are remarkably good at interpreting our laughs, frowns and tears. But the biology behind this ability has remained largely unexplored until now. In ...

Humans and dogs have lived alongside one another for thousands of years, and our two species get along remarkably well. But there are still misunderstandings. “People have an intuition about dogs’ ...