Humans feeding leftover lean meat to wolves during harsh winters may have had a role in the early domestication of dogs, towards the end of…
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A detection dog in training at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. Credit: Courtesy of Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Canine trainers may…
COVID-19 detection dog. Credit: Dominique Grandjean Trained dogs might be able to detect people infected with COVID-19 by sniffing their sweat, according to a preliminary…
Despite their excellent auditory capacities, dogs do not attend to differences between words which differ only in one speech sound (e.g. dog vs dig), according…
Lockdowns, job losses, and social isolation have been the hallmarks of 2020 as COVID-19 tightens its grip on the world, not only infecting millions and…
For their experiment, they constructed two large wooden boxes measuring about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide, which were then connected to each other…
A study conducted by the University of Granada and the Andalusian School of Public Health has analyzed the main risk factors in the transmission of…
A global study of ancient dog DNA, led by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, University of Oxford, University of Vienna and archaeologists from more…
By studying the dog’s closest living relative, the grey wolf, we can have an insight — though indirectly — how the common ancestor’s social system…
Dogs’ personality changes over time, but these changes occur unevenly during the dogs’ life, and each trait follows a distinct age trajectory. Dogs’ personality changes…
Researchers at the department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University trained the dogs so they are capable of scanning the brains of awake, unrestrained dogs.…
Dozens of mammals could be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 according to a large study modeling how the virus might infect different animals’ cells. Numerous animals may…
Rescue French bulldog and pug snoozing in basket. Credit: Katy Price Owners of bulldogs, French bulldogs and pugs are highly likely to want to own…
A dog and researchers (Márta Gácsi (left), Attila Andics, Anna Gábor (right)) at the scanner. Credit: Enik? Kubinyi / Eötvös Loránd University The study reveals…
By mapping molecular changes in the genome over time, UC San Diego researchers developed a formula to more accurately compare dog age to human age…
Clive Wynne, Arizona State University professor of psychology, holding a puppy. Credit: Deanna Dent/ASU ASU Canine Science Collaboratory study shows that pet dogs will try…
Cats are twice as likely to survive a venomous snake bite than dogs, and the reasons behind this strange phenomenon have been revealed by University…
New research led by scientists from Newcastle University and the University of Nottingham has shown that typical teenage behavior doesn’t just occur in young humans…
New research due to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)* reveals that raw-type dog foods contain high…
Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus), scientists have been scrambling to identify the species of origin to understand…