The old dog years rule is outdated and new genetic research explains why bigger dogs age faster than small ones.

A Great Dane is lucky to see its 10th birthday, while a Chihuahua might live to celebrate its 20th. But exactly why smaller ...

Scientists finally know why large dogs age faster and the answer involves self-replicating jumping genes.

Science shows that dogs learn to form mental representations of words, shedding light on why they often seem to grasp our conversations. Nothing quite captures the heart like videos of dogs appearing ...

Sometimes it feels like your dog just gets you in a way nobody else does. That’s partially because of a neurological function underpinning social connection known as inter-brain activity coupling. In ...

When you hear about "science focused on how dogs can live their best lives with us" it sounds like an imaginary job made up by a child. However, the field of animal welfare science is real and ...

By Marta Serafinko Oct 14 (Reuters) - Few animals show the link between size and lifespan as clearly as dogs. Within this one species, large breeds such as Great Danes typically die younger than small ...

Can sleeping with your dog help you get a better night's sleep? New research suggests it might. There's nothing better than ...

We often hear that dogs help lower our blood pressure, decrease our allergy risk, and even alert us to disease. But is there science behind those claims? In this episode of Tiny Matters, Sam and ...

Over 40 percent of LINE1-related portions of the genome lose DNA methylation as a dog ages, but the speed of decline is much faster in bigger breeds. The team’s findings showed larger dogs lost an ...

Most dog owners have seen it: the sudden leg kick, the soft whimper, the tiny snout twitching as your dog lies completely still otherwise. It looks a bit like a glitch, or maybe a silent movie ...