Border collies are best known for their herding skills and for being widely considered the smartest of them all. Rakestraw, ...

It turns out that the answer was no: Your dog’s genes don’t predict its behavior, at least not in the simplistic way popular doggy DNA tests often claim.

Neil McIntosh looks at the life of the world's oldest wild bird - and at the likely lifespan of our much-loved pets.

Neil McIntosh looks at the life of the world's oldest wild bird - and at the likely lifespan of our much-loved pets.

While dogs and cats are genetically unrelated, breeding for certain features is making some dog and cat breeds look more and ...

The researchers also devised a new way to calculate a dog’s age, but it’s arguably more complicated than simply multiplying ...

Other studies have shown dog owners have differences in their microbiomes, including greater microbial diversity, compared to ...

WildeHopps, a.k.a. the fox and bunny at the heart of the franchise, has inspired a YouTube movie, TikToks, fancams and more.

While sex education cannot reverse harmful policies, understanding sex-ed concepts and learning about marginalized identities ...

Dogs may boost mental health by subtly reshaping the microbes in our bodies. Having a dog doesn’t only mean companionship, ...

Superficially, gene flow between dingoes and European dogs sounds like a negative outcome. Our research, however, suggests ...

It's no surprise that dogs benefit people's mental health. In a paper published in iScience, researchers point to a reason as ...