Are Dogs Self-Aware? 32 Out of 54 Canines Detect Own Body As Obstacle [STUDY]

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 02.20.2021 22:06 PM

A study shows that dogs may have basic self-awareness and recognition of the consequences of their actions.

Study Reveals Difference in Behavior of Cats and Dogs Towards Their Owners and With Strangers Around

02.19.2021 20:39 PM

Research found that cats are not avoiding strangers who are not helpful to their owners -- a behavior somewhat different from dogs'.

Human Food Can Be Easier for Dogs to Eat and Digest, Recent Study Shows

02.08.2021 04:45 AM

Recent research found that some human food types might be easier for dogs to eat than dry pellets the man's best friend usually eats.

Dogs Are Always Good: Study Finds Owner's Personality Determines Canine Training Success

02.01.2021 02:40 AM

New research suggests that the owner's characteristics and behavior heavily influence canine training's failure or success.

Protect Your Dogs From This Tick-Borne Disease Now; Here's How

01.30.2021 21:00 PM

Experts detect infected ticks carrying deadly bacteria in Australia. Experts urge fur parents to take precautions to protect your dog.

Lab-Grown Meat for Pets? Experts Explain How

01.29.2021 03:20 AM

The concept of growing meat for humans' consumption from scratch in the form of cell cultures is becoming popular, and some also see this method as a guilt-free way to generate pet food.

Man’s Best Friend No More: Does a Dog Now Belong To a Woman?

01.25.2021 03:20 AM

A study by WSU researchers found different factors playing a vital role in building equally beneficial associations between humans and dogs, including hunting, temperature, and astonishingly, gender.

Dogs, Why Do You Bury Bones?

01.23.2021 21:35 PM

Experts say that dogs bury their bones out of instinct from their gray wolf ancestors, with some breeds more prone to odd behavior than others.

Kangaroos Use Unique Gaze to ‘Talk’ to Humans

12.17.2020 17:00 PM

A study found that kangaroos could "talk to humans" using a unique gaze. Totally undomesticated animals such as kangaroos can deliberately communicate with human beings, reversing the script on the notion of deliberate association from animals to humans, just transpiring with occurring in animals such as horses, goats, or dogs.

People Who Owns Diabetic Dogs Are 38% More Likely To Have Diabetes, Study

12.11.2020 22:00 PM

Research shows that people who have dogs with diabetes are 38% more likely to have the disease themselves. But why?

Brain Scans Suggest Dogs Might Not Actually Understand What You Say To Them

12.09.2020 22:00 PM

Brain scans reveal that dogs might not understand all the words being spoken to them, which means that the number of words they recognize remains low.

Hugging Pets, More Important Than Ever Because of the Pandemic

12.03.2020 11:30 AM

A new study points to the lifesaving role that pets have played in 2020 and why people need to take care of them more.

How to Deal with Pain and Inflammation in Your Dog

11.25.2020 14:10 PM

Much like humans, dogs suffer from pain and inflammation. However, unlike humans, helping your dog with pain and inflammation isn't easy. So what do you do when your canine friend is in distress? And what are signs to look out for when your dog is paining? Well, that's what we shall look at in this post.

Can Dogs Really Smell COVID-19? Here’s What Science Reveals

11.24.2020 17:00 PM

Dog trainers claim extraordinary outcomes-in some circumstances, they claim dogs can identify the COVID-19 'with an almost perfect accuracy.'

What Do Dogs Dream About While Sleeping?

11.24.2020 08:30 AM

No, it is not just humans that have dreams when sleeping because dogs dream also. But what do they dream about?

Can Your Cat or Dog Be Allergic to You? Here’s What Experts Say

11.24.2020 04:00 AM

There have been several studies and experiments suggesting the probability that pets can, indeed, be allergic to humans.

Dogs Can Help Reduce Asthma, Among MANY Other Things

11.12.2020 12:00 PM

The few scientific information available so far proposes that dogs can make humans healthier, with even more powerful benefits presently being studied.

COVID-19 in Animals? Swiss Experts Say Social Distancing Among Pets is Important

11.12.2020 05:00 AM

New research has found that pets like cats and hamsters could catch coronavirus. The entire planet has been affected by the novel coronavirus. Wearing a mask and keeping social distance are the most common and successful precautionary steps against the virus.

164 Dogs Crammed In a Tiny House In Japan

11.05.2020 16:00 PM

Japanese health officials said the hoarding of dogs was a case of extreme poverty, isolation, and the aging population of the country.

Lazarus Taxons: 5 Species That Returned From Extinction

11.02.2020 08:30 AM

"Lazarus taxon" refers to a species that disappears for a time - either from the fossil records or directly believed to be extinct - only to return at a later time.

Best Friends For Ages: Tracking the Partnership of Dogs and Humans

10.30.2020 19:00 PM

When dogs were still wolves, an unlikely bond formed between them and our human ancestors. At a time when dogs were still wolves, an unlikely bond formed between them and our human ancestors - sometime before the last Ice Age ended, or at least 15,000 years ago.