A water company says it is the first in the UK to have an in-house team of detection dogs tasked with sniffing out endangered wildlife to protect it. Wessex Water has trained dogs to locate end waste ...

Dogs are being trained to protect vineyards and other crops from invasive pests. American researchers discovered that man’s best friend can be coached to effectively sniff out destructive bugs and ...

Some dogs are more than man's best friend. Service dogs perform critical functions to keep their owners safe, healthy, and independent. Also called "assistance dogs," these specially trained animals ...

At first glance, cat and dog paws seem very different from human hands and feet. I talked about that with my friend Natasha Hottmann. She’s a veterinarian at Washington State University. She told me ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — South Carolina's legislative session is set to resume on Jan. 13, and Sen. Deon Tedder is advocating for new protections for dogs through the "Humane Dog Breeding Act." The ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, ...