What looks like calm behavior may actually be stress in disguise—and spotting the signs early can protect your dog’s ...

This video explains the history and practical reasons behind using knots at sea, and why this traditional unit remains useful in modern navigation.

Nearly 1.2 million city households owned one or more canine companions in 2021, according to the United States Census. With ...

The reason a dog was dragging her feet during a walk has melted hearts on TikTok, earning over 7 million views. The footage shows Luckey, a small dog dressed in a bright yellow rain jacket, shuffling ...

Humans and dogs have been living together side by side for thousands of years, so you would think we know everything about our four-legged friends by now. But we may not understand them as well as we ...

Millennials and Gen Z are reshaping long-standing notions of adulthood, family, and responsibility. One of the clearest signs appears in how they relate to dogs. For many young adults, pets now fill ...

When you picture a dog’s face, you probably think of soulful eyes, a shiny nose, and of course those iconic whiskers along the muzzle. But here’s something many dog lovers don’t know: those whiskers ...

Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists recently found no connection between simple genetic variants and behavioral ...

It's no surprise that dogs benefit people's mental health. In a paper published in iScience, researchers point to a reason as to why: dogs prompt changes in the collection of microbes that live in and ...

Play, a four-year-old French bulldog, waddled down the street in Noho. Squinting in the morning sun, she had bat ears, a downturned mouth and the mien of a pissed-off mother-in-law. “People tell me ...

Imagine living sometime around the early 1600s. You're standing on the deck of a wooden ship. The wind's biting, the sky's endless. And your captain's yelling, "Drop the log!" Back then, before sonar ...