Can old dogs teach us new tricks for how to live longer, healthier lives? A nationwide project searches for answers.

The Rowe family dog Ralph was one of many canines who participated in a study of the drug rapamycin. Scientists were able to ...

We've all heard it a million times: One human year is equal to seven years for a dog. But new scientific research has an updated scientific equation to determine how old your dog actually is in human ...

Research reveals that some prairie dog alarm calls encode remarkably specific information about humans and other predators.

Scientists say that autism isn't uniquely human, as new evidence shows dogs can be on the spectrum. According to Dr Jacqueline Boyd, an animal scientist from Nottingham Trent University, pooches can ...

If you’re one of the many Massachusetts residents sick with the flu right now, you may be distancing yourself from others to prevent the spread. But there is at least one close relation you don’t need ...

Dog owners often treat their pets like miniature humans – and now scientists are studying canines in the same way to discover more about the mystery of ageing in people. They suspect a clue to the ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...