Dogs are wonderful human companions. They are the first species that humans domesticated and they have a long history of close relationships with people. If you spend any time with dogs (I have two ...

Dogs follow the direction of a person’s gaze almost as well as another person can—better, in fact, when they are motivated to ...

A dog’s death is like no other. Not worse than any other, of course. But unlike any other, inasmuch as the disparity between the loss and the profound grief it provokes is so bewildering to outsiders ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Dogs don't use mirrors to refer back to ...

If you’ve ever wondered if your dog sees the world the same way you do, it’s probably not too surprising to find out that they don’t. But it’s a little more complicated than you might think. For ...