Whether or not our pets are able to mourn the loss of a loved one the same way as we do is still a debate in modern science, but recent studies have shown that animals are able to express a variety of ...

A new fMRI brain imaging study of dogs shows that their brains process spoken words in hierarchical ways that are surprisingly similar to how the human brain uses a two-tiered hierarchy to process ...

Dogs are known for their ability to recover quickly from injuries. Many pet owners have noticed that their dogs seem to heal faster than humans. But is this really the case? Do dogs heal fast? The ...

Pets were once dismissed as trivial scientific subjects. Today, companion animal science is hot. Max, a 2-year-old German shepherd, Belgian Malinois and husky mix, was rescued in an emaciated ...