It's no wonder these pups are man's best friends!

The role for which a dog was bred—say retrieving birds—is reflected in their brain structure, according to a study of 33 breeds.

Typical family dogs can understand action words such as ‘sit’, but not words that describe objects. Shany Dror at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and her colleagues investigated the ...

How smart are dogs? Those of us who are dog owners likely think that our pets are pretty darn smart. One problem, however, is that we tend to anthropomorphize our pets – meaning we ascribe human ...

According to animal advocate Carol Erickson of the Pennsylvania SPCA, when it comes to choosing their favorite humans, dogs have certain qualities and behaviors that they prefer, and they're drawn to ...