Dogs' sniffing skills may soon get a boost, thanks to a groundbreaking discovery by animal behavior experts in the United Kingdom. Since detection dogs use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff ...

Animals like Charlie play an essential role in conservation initiatives, performing tasks that humans can't. Thanks to their keen sense of smell, dogs can detect the precise locations of invasive or ...

Explosive detection canine Lubo at Boise Airport where he works as an added layer of security along with his Boise Police Department handler Anthony. (TSA) To coincide with National Work Like a Dog ...

Meet Jodie. Hailing from Oxfordshire, this affectionate yellow labrador lives with Caroline, her foster parent. She adores a tummy rub and isn’t fussy about who gives them to her. Jodie loves to play ...

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has added eight paws to its fight against invasive pests. Two specially trained detection dogs, Winnie and Marcel, have joined the TDA Plant Certification ...

There is new hope in the fight against a devastating cancer in dogs that is often deadly. Researchers at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in South Philadelphia are training dogs to help detect ...

Military working dogs have long played a practical role in modern warfare. Around 2010, thousands of them were deployed ...

Cancer is a leading cause of death in both humans and pets; studies suggest that between one-third and one-half of all dogs will develop cancer during their lifetime. Hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive, ...

A recent study found that not only can dogs detect our stress, but, in turn, our stress stresses out our dogs. Fortunately, service dog organizations can train dogs to channel those detection skills ...

Researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Working Dog Center published new research on how trained dogs can detect the odor of a certain type of canine cancer in blood samples. The dogs were ...