Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...

Description: Data from Stacker.com Regardless of how you calculate it, the truth remains that our canine companions won't live anywhere near as long as our human friends. However, some breeds have ...

A Japan study shows that small repeated interactions during dog walks help people feel more connected to their neighborhood.

Pet owners have long joked that their dogs and cats are starting to look alike, but new research suggests that convergence is ...

Mood can reverse how humans judge dog emotions. Positive moods may make dogs look sadder, while negative moods can make them ...

Dogs and cats are evolving to share striking features. What’s behind this growing similarity? It may surprise you.

A new study shows that diversity in dog breeds came around 11,00 years ago, much earlier than the Victorian period.

A research study in Europe says modern dog breeds have brains larger than those of ancient breeds. Here's the surprising ...

When people are feeling happy, they're more likely to see other people as happy. If they're feeling down, they tend to view ...

Slinking beneath the greenery of the Amazon is a cat whose territory far exceeds its stature. Despite weighing less than the ...

New DNA research shows that two-thirds of today's domesticated dogs, from hounds to shepherds to chihuahuas, have wolf DNA in ...