The psychological reasons behind our tendency to talk to dogs like they are human are complex, ranging from our innate need ...

We all have at least one friend that treats their dog like an actual human child. Scientists think you shouldn't be a hater: There’s 20,000 to 40,000 years of evolution causing them to behave that way ...

Just about everybody knows that dogs are blessed with a superior sense of smell. As a matter of fact, their sense of smell is so sophisticated that humans, in comparison, are olfactory illiterates.

Dogs almost never say “I love you” in ways humans recognise. There’s no poetry, no long messages, no dramatic monologues, just a bunch of small, goofy, slightly inconvenient behaviours we label as ...