New research suggests dogs may sense negative intentions through emotional cues, behavior, and even chemical signals.

Another element that may cloud our judgement of dog emotions: our own moods. People’s feelings can shape how they perceive ...

Dogs can understand that certain words refer to specific objects, according to a recent study, suggesting that they may understand words in a similar way to humans. It offers the first evidence of ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon -- a change that's based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, ...

Humans and dogs have been living together side by side for thousands of years, so you would think we know everything about ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as ...

When people are feeling happy, they're more likely to see other people as happy. If they're feeling down, they tend to view other people as sad. But when dealing with dogs, this well-established ...

The Department of Defense and National Institutes of Health (NIH) are still collaborating on research with a Beijing lab for ...

Researchers at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond have induced heart attacks in dogs, surgically implanted pacemakers into them and trained them to run on treadmills, all in the ...

LANSING, MI – A proposed ban on research experiments in Michigan that might injure, traumatize or kill dogs and cats has been watered down. After a substitution Wednesday, the proposed legislation ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure ...