Scientists secretly wired dogs’ brains to steer their behavior, revealing just how far the agency was willing to push its ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

New analysis of 11,000-year-old dog skulls is forcing scientists to redraw the timeline of how wolves became the animals that ...

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

“Australian dog breeds are smart and strategic,” says Nicole Ellis, a certified professional dog trainer and pet lifestyle ...

Nowadays, dogs are an integral part of our families. It’s no wonder we always want to love them, remain patient, and ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that some of the genes that determine the behavior of golden retrievers ...

Most of us see raccoons as troublemakers that raid bins and disappear before sunrise, so the idea of keeping one at home feels strange. Even so, their behavior in cities is shifting.

Play, a four-year-old French bulldog, waddled down the street in Noho. Squinting in the morning sun, she had bat ears, a ...

A new video shows wolves may be smarter than we think. Are they smart enough to use tools? And are they getting smarter?

As he lectured on animal behavior, Kaan Kerman, an instructor in the psychology department at Bilkent University in Turkey, ...

Before the National Dog Show taped in Philadelphia, it held an off-book barking contest. Here’s what barking tells us about ...