Brian Hare began studying dog intelligence as an undergraduate at Emory University in the 1990s, after realizing that Oreo, his Labrador retriever, had a remarkable ability. Unlike other animals, even ...

Crying is one of the most recognizable human emotional signals. Tears appear when people experience grief, relief, joy, or deep stress. Because this response is so familiar, observers often assume ...

Can dogs learn and understand words the way humans do? A new study found dogs like Max may have learned the names of objects (like a squirrel) from overhearing their owners talking. The study is the ...

"Isabel has turned into a disobedient, edgy brat. She is no longer my perfect puppy who always does what I ask her to. She will sometimes just sit there and ignore my commands and sometimes even turn ...

Why does your dog rush to "help" when you are searching for something, while your cat seems… eh, less concerned? New research suggests that this difference may stem from deep evolutionary roots—and ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His owner says, “Max, stop chasing that squirrel and sit down,” and Max obeys. Can ...