I recently received a note from a dog trainer that I first met at a meeting of the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP). She wrote, in part: "I was teaching a beginners dog ...

Five Border Collies, a Labrador Retriever, and a Golden Retriever walk into a brain imaging scanner. Yes, this actually happened. In a new brain imaging study published in the journal PLOS One, ...

Pet owners have long joked that their dogs and cats are starting to look alike, but new research suggests that convergence is not just in our imaginations. Across living rooms and Instagram feeds, ...

A recent study suggests that larger dogs, which have bigger brains, display better short-term memory and greater self-control compared to smaller dogs. Canine Intelligence Intelligence ...

As most people know, humans and dogs are the best of friends. Ever since they were first domesticated some 23,000 years ago, dogs have followed us to the ends of the Earth. And while we tend to think ...

Cadaver dogs can pick up the distinct scent of human corpses from a pile of rubble or deep underground. With their exceptional abilities, these canines help recover victims of natural disasters and ...

Kylie M. Cairns receives funding from the Australian Dingo Foundation, the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, the ACT government and donations from the general public. She is a director of the ...