Volunteers with aphasia are finding healing and community through a Pima Animal Care Center program that pairs them with shelter dogs.

My wife and I lived abroad for several years and brought home with us our Russian spaniel, bought in a Ukrainian market for ...

The activist and TV presenter on growing up as a punk, why eco protestors have been forced to change tactics, and why he ...

New research helps robots combine language and gestures to find objects in cluttered spaces, improving how they understand human intent.

A touching video shows a man living with Alzheimer's who has largely lost his ability to speak, suddenly finding his words when his beloved dog enters the room.

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

UC San Diego’s Federico Rossano breaks down the science behind dogs’ “word buttons,” the global fascination it sparked, and what it means for studying minds — animal and artificial Changing science ...

For generations, dog owners have joked that their pets listen in on conversations and seem to understand what people are ...

POMDP, an AI framework inspired by dogs that allows robots to use human gestures and language to find objects with 89% accuracy.

Whether in the kitchen or on a workshop floor, robot assistants that can fetch items for people could be extremely useful.

From dogs that speak the English language to a horse that solves a murder, spiritualism and pets have gone hand-in-hand.

When Hoffman was asked to edit “The Best Dog in the World,” a collection of essays from prominent writers about their dogs, she didn’t hesitate. The writers she approached — among them Bonnie Garmus, ...