Dogs share so much of their lives with humans and can develop the same health conditions we do, like dementia or diabetes. Those similarities drove researchers to wonder if our medical science can ...

Discover how therapy dogs are transforming patient care. From easing anxiety to sparking joy in crisis situations, these four ...

The pilot study was co-funded by the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) and Bayer Animal Health. The study examined 141 veterans — with 76 of them having a service dog and 66 being on a ...

Working dogs serve a variety of roles, such as herding, protecting, detecting, and assisting people with disabilities.

A new study finds that dogs’ mitigation of human stress is more biologically complex than scientists previously understood.

A new study suggests that when dogs are around, groups are closer, more cooperative, and more trusting.

How Dogs Make Friends for Their Humans People’s canine companions make for good icebreakers, and can overcome the barriers humans put between themselves and strangers.

Dog owners often attest to their canine companion's seeming ability to read their minds. How do dogs learn to beg for food or behave badly primarily when we're not looking? According to one ...

Over 20,000 years ago, humans won the evolutionary battle against Neanderthals. They may have had a little help from their best friends.

It was expected that the participants would be best at identifying aggression in man’s best friend, since this can help humans avoid injury from a dog bite, but this current study reveals that ...