Dear reader, recently there have been several articles about the intelligence of dogs and their ability to understand spoken ...

Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super ...

Wearing headsets, 18 subjects lay quietly while a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine (fMRI) droned on around their heads. They listened as a female voice recited a famous line from a ...

Shutterstock Dogs have long been considered man’s best friend. They are wonderful companions, protectors, friends, and even ...

A new study finds some "gifted" dogs can learn new object names just by overhearing human conversations—much like young ...

Ever wonder whether your dog really understands what you're saying or are they just pretending to be an attentive listener? Science holds the answer. From "sit" and "stay" to "walk" and "treat," your ...

We live in a sea of constant sounds and noises. Some are meaningful and some are not. However, it seems as though we have a remarkable ability to discriminate human speech from all of those other ...

Dear reader, recently the internet, and the nightly news couldn’t get enough of the dog who had learned sign language along with his mom. Apparently, after mom lost her hearing she and her husband ...

There is no doubt that dogs can learn that words spoken by humans may contain instructions for certain behaviors that they are requested to do. You tell Lassie to sit or come and she sits or ambles to ...