The data showed that a dog with a similar weight to a wolf had a brain volume about three-quarters the size of the wolf’s.

Your dog tilts its head when you cry, paces when you're stressed, and somehow appears at your side during your worst moments. Coincidence? Not even close. The evidence for this extraordinary emotional ...

Golden retrievers are known for their friendly faces and loving nature, but not all of them behave the same way. Some are ...

Researchers have found that the genes linked to certain behavioral traits in golden retrievers, such as trainability and fear ...

A study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found ...

A new study has revealed that Beagle dogs carrying mutations in the Shank3 gene—a high-risk gene for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—exhibit face processing abnormalities similar to those observed in ...

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, ...

When people are feeling happy, they're more likely to see other people as happy. If they're feeling down, they tend to view ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers evaluated whether dog-owner relationships can be characterized using the same multidimensional social support scales applied ...