A birthday gift became one of the most remarkable experiments in animal cognition. Chaser, a Border Collie from Spartanburg, ...

I post regularly here at 13.7 about animal cognition, crediting a variety of animals — including some of our daily companions — with the ability to think. So I'd forgive anyone for wondering if my ...

Your dog may detect your stress before you even realize you have it.

Dogs have a way of surprising us, and one of the quirkiest things they do is watch TV. Recent research shows that this habit is cute. And it is a window into how dogs think, feel, and react to the ...

If you think that your dog knows what you’re saying when you tell him to fetch his favorite stuffy, you may be right. A study by researchers with the Family Dog Project in conjunction with the Eötvös ...

You may believe that toddlers in your family are budding young geniuses. But according to canine expert Stanley Coren from the University of British Columbia, two-year-old kids are in fact no smarter ...