Dogs love to stick close to us, following us everywhere and getting comfortable on our laps while cuddling on the couch. It’s also not unheard of for our furry friends to lean against us when we’re ...

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The dog and animal lovers at Ginger Cat capture a pet showing love in its own special way to its human.

Myriad studies over the years have shown that spending time with a cat can both lower cortisol, the stress hormone, in their owners and spike oxytocin, aka "the love hormone," and that's the same ...

A new study shows that gifted word learner dogs extend verbal labels to new objects based on functional similarity and form ...

Just like humans, dogs can also suffer from allergies, but they can't tell you when they're feeling unwell. Here are six ...

For the study, owners of 10 talented dogs —mostly border collies—taught them words for two categories: tug toys, called pulls ...

Human infants naturally learn new words and their associations, such as how spoons are related to plates because they are ...

Dogs that easily learn the names of toys might also mentally sort them by function, a new example of complex cognitive activity in the canine brain.

Cats may have a reputation for independence, but emerging research suggests we share a unique connection with them – fuelled ...

Abandoned dogs. Fleeing (or impersonating) police. Loopholes in deepfake pornography. Laws addressing these and more go into effect Oct. 1.

A hidden danger has quietly made its way across the United States: the deadly “kissing bug” disease, also known as Chagas ...