Every dog owner has felt it- the way a dog seems to get you when you speak, responding to familiar words with eager eyes and wagging tails. But beneath these everyday moments lies a deeper scientific ...

Dogs can understand words, tone, and gestures. Discover how much your dog really understands when you talk and what science reveals about canine communication ...

TUSCON, Ariz. — A dog’s ability to understand people may be present shortly after birth rather than learned, according to a new study by University of Arizona researchers that was published in the ...

I was watching an advanced dog obedience class that was being taught by a well-organized and knowledgeable instructor. At one point, after the dogs had done a series of exercises which required them ...

Unlike the controlled environments of factories or warehouses, everyday communication in homes is filled with ambiguity that ...

If you believe many of the TV news broadcasts and postings on YouTube then you also believe that dogs often help people spontaneously, and often heroically. There are many reports of dogs pulling ...

Dogs communicate their love and affection in myriad ways, but do they understand when we tell them we love them back? These ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A group of researchers based in Hungary dedicated almost a year to learning about dogs and how they communicate—and ...