TV is Going to the Dogs—And Strengthening the Human-Dog Bond in the Process

Leaving a dog home alone can be harder than it sounds. This reported look at DogTV explores how the channel supports calm ...
Scientific American

From anxious Weimaraners to aggressive Chihuahuas: What science can tell us about dog breeds

Dogs can have wildly different personalities, which often vary by breed and size. Although individual temperament matters ...

Some dogs can pick up hundreds of words – do they learn like children?

This is not comparable to word learning in children. By around age two, typical English-speaking children learn approximately ...
Live Science

Most modern dogs have wolf DNA from relatively recent interbreeding. Here's which breeds are the most and least 'wolfish.'

About two-thirds of modern dog breeds carry some wolf ancestry introduced within the past few thousand years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
AZ Animals

Born to Chase: Dog Breeds with the Highest Natural Prey Drive

Some dogs are born with a powerful instinct to chase, stalk, and pursue. These traits once made them exceptional hunters, ...
STAT

The long history of euphemisms around the use of animals in lab research

Kaplan is the author of “Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research.” We woke in Boston before daybreak as usual, and Hammy — my beagle, who was once a lab dog ...