Dogs’ Got Talent: Gifted Skill in a Given Field Is Not a Uniquely Human Phenomenon
Some exceptionally gifted people have marked human history and culture. Leonardo, Mozart, and Einstein are some famous examples of this phenomenon. Is talent in a…
Some exceptionally gifted people have marked human history and culture. Leonardo, Mozart, and Einstein are some famous examples of this phenomenon. Is talent in a…
New research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, reveals raw dog food to be…
New research presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, suggests that people with COVID-19 frequently pass…
COVID-19 is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the virus, according to new research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical…
Dogs may have earned the title “man’s best friend” because of how good they are at interacting with people. Those social skills may be present…
The use of trained scent detection dogs to detect volatile organic compounds associated with the COVID virus shows promise in early studies. In a recent…
Researchers have discovered a new coronavirus, found in a child with pneumonia in Malaysia in 2018, that appears to have jumped from dog to human….
In a proof-of-concept study led by the School of Veterinary Medicine, dogs identified positive samples with 96% accuracy. Many long for a return to a…
An outbreak of vomiting among dogs has been traced back to a type of animal coronavirus by researchers. Vets across the country began reporting cases…
Discovery shows the need to monitor animal viruses, researchers say. Scientists have identified and completed the genetic analysis of a newly discovered coronavirus – one…
Shorter headed dogs, visually cooperative breeds, younger and playful dogs form eye contact faster. According to new research by Hungarian ethologists, at least four independent…
Dog bones dated between circa 4200 and 4000 BCE discovered. A team of archaeologists in north-west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has uncovered the…
Genomic study finds cancer-linked variants in Bernese mountain dogs, Rottweilers, and retrievers. Six genetic variants add up to determine the risk of several blood cancers…
A new study published in Scientific Reports revealed that dogs understand the relationship between their body and the environment in a problem solving task. The researchers…
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have found coronavirus infections in pet cats and dogs and in multiple zoo animals, including big cats…
Dogs’ Highly Evolved Noses Can Rapidly Detect the SARS-CoV-2 Virus For some 15,000 years, dogs have been our hunting partners, workmates, helpers, and companions. Could…
The first people to settle in the Americas likely brought their own canine companions with them, according to new research that sheds more light on…
Humans feeding leftover lean meat to wolves during harsh winters may have had a role in the early domestication of dogs, towards the end of…