Some small breeds live nearly twice as long as their much larger cousins. It’s one of the great paradoxes of the animal ...

Scientists finally know why large dogs age faster and the answer involves self-replicating jumping genes.

Across mammals, larger species typically have longer lifespans, ranging from only a couple of years for mice to almost 200 ...

This year, Katie Brockman took the prestigious title of Dog Photographer of the Year. The St. Louis-based photographer’s ...

The Appeal, and What Drives It Dogs evolved from wolves, and wolves eat raw meat, so the argument goes. It is a clean line of reasoning, and it explains why raw feeding communities have grown quickly, ...

Science shows that dogs learn to form mental representations of words, shedding light on why they often seem to grasp our conversations. Nothing quite captures the heart like videos of dogs appearing ...

Can sleeping with your dog help you get a better night's sleep? New research suggests it might. There's nothing better than ...

When you hear about "science focused on how dogs can live their best lives with us" it sounds like an imaginary job made up by a child. However, the field of animal welfare science is real and ...

Dogs and humans clearly have a special bond. But do dogs, like humans, produce more tears at times when they are flooded with emotion? A new study says that, indeed, the eyes of our canine companions ...

A new study of nearly 900 dogs found that changes involving so-called 'jumping genes' may help explain why larger breeds have ...