In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age.

Surveillance networks set up to detect outbreaks among pets could one day have public health uses too.  

Two studies this month point to pooches’ quick detection of SARS-CoV-2 on material that touched the skin of infected participants, although the pups’ accuracy does not match that of RT-PCR.

Pets asked by their owners to pick up an object attached to a mat they were sitting on understood they needed to move in order to complete the task, researchers report.

Good girl, Florin!

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used dogs’ diagnoses of prostate cancer to inform a machine learning algorithm with the goal of one day detecting cancers with canine-level accuracy.

Check out the optical illusion that researchers put before canines, finding that fido and master have opposite reactions.

Researchers are using visual tricks to try to better understand canine perception.

The biologist at the University of Sunshine Coast in Australia wants to understand why some animal species adapt well to urbanization, while others fall flat.

Researchers use optical illusions to investigate canine perception.

A new genetic analysis confirms prior sightings in New Guinea.

Researchers report that dogs, pigs, chickens, and ducks did not easily become infected.

Dogs have stronger facial muscles compared to wolves, giving them the sad or “puppy dog eyes” look.

After the release of an undercover investigation, Corteva Agrisciences announces it will release 36 beagles for rehoming.

A study finds the effect is dose-dependent, with each additional pet further lowering the odds of developing allergies.

Researchers boosted levels of the dystrophin protein to nearly normal levels in a canine model of the disease.

European settlers likely wiped out these ancient dogs, but the animals seem to have left a lasting legacy in a transmissible canine cancer.

MRI scans of dog brains open windows into the cognition of the extinct thylacine.

A novel contrast agent made up of tiny iron oxide nanoparticles can label blood vessels, and highlight adverse events such cerebral ischemia, in dogs and monkeys.