Most people can forgive the occasional bark. But when the dog next door goes off like a car alarm at 2 a.m.—every night—it becomes exhausting.

As infants, humans naturally learn new words and their associations—like the fact that forks are related to bowls because ...

In a series of playful interactions with their owners, dogs with a vocabulary of toy names - known as "Gifted Word Learner" ...

A new study shows that gifted word learner dogs extend verbal labels to new objects based on functional similarity and form ...

Dogs that easily learn the names of toys might also mentally sort them by function, a new example of complex cognitive activity in the canine brain.

Just back from vacation, and it’s already time to return to work. But suddenly, the dog tears apart the house, howls and barks loudly, and sometimes even loses its house-training. Does this sound ...

"So now it turns out that these dogs can do the same.” Fugazza and her Hungarian colleagues have been studying canine behavior and cognition for several years. For instance, in 2023, we reported on ...

A 25-year-old North Haven man was arrested Sept. 14 on animal cruelty charges after police discovered alleged abuse of a household dog during an unrelated investigation. Giovanni Whitmore was charged ...

Rachael Borrelli, assistant director at the county Department of Animal Services, sent the voice message in a text exchange ...

A renowned service dog trainer in Waterloo has had her life and business upended in the past few months as her dogs have ...

A survey study of families with puppies in the UK has identified multiple mental health challenges alongside benefits of ...