Neil Powell has worked at disaster sites around the world with his sniffer dogs since he trained as a search and rescue dog handler in the mid-1970s. His dogs found many missing people and recovered bodies at major earthquakes in Algeria and Pakistan and from the 1988 Lockerbie air disaster.

You’re not imagining it: Your dog loves looking deeply into your eyes while you smile just as much as you love your pup’s sweet doggie grin. It’s clearly a mutual admiration between the two of you, but it’s also science.

As many as 20 veterans out of 100 from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have PTSD, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A Wisconsin man who fell asleep with the television on wasn't dreaming when he woke up and saw his missing dog on the morning news.

A Washington woman’s painstaking quest for her lost border collie ended in tears of joy when the two were reunited in a Kalispell subdivision after 57 days of searching. Carole King, of Deer Park, was on her way to Flathead County with her husband for a four-day vacation when the unimaginable happened. They arrived on July 20th and left Katie, their 7-year-old border collie, in their hotel room while they went out to supper. Katie was unable to be seen when the couple returned to Kalispell’s My Place Hotel.

Tel Aviv has found an innovative way of dealing with dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets in the city streets — testing the excrement’s DNA and sending a fine to the owner by mail. The city council on Monday approved a motion setting up a DNA database and stating that dog owners will be required to submit their pets’ genetic details to authorities upon receiving or renewing a license, Hebrew-language media reported.

You and your dog no doubt have a special bond. But it’s deeper than all those scraps from the table or trips to the dog park. Something far in the shared evolutionary past of dogs and humans has linked the two species, making our canine companions especially good at understanding when we want to help or communicate with them.

Puppies outpace wolf pups at engaging with humans, even with less exposure to people, supporting the idea that domestication has wired dogs’ brains.

“Bruce got sick and needed my help,” said Bryson Kliemann, 8. “I was super sad. I didn’t want to lose my best friend.”

That special social bond between dogs and humans might be a genetic trait that evolved as dogs became domesticated and diverged from wolves, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology, looking at the cognitive and behavioral social skills of hundreds of adorable puppies.

With 100 million pet cats and dogs in China, the market for pet-related services is growing, including pet detectives. We speak to a veteran of the business about the tricks of the trade.

A Chicago cat used up at least one of its nine lives on Thursday when it leaped from the fifth story of a burning building, bounced off the ground and casually walked away. Fire crews were attending a small blaze in the city's Englewood neighborhood and were filming the building's exterior when the feline made its great escape.

Jake the dog is always happy to greet visitors, even after an alligator tried to have him for breakfast. “He’s on the mend. He’s full of spit and vinegar today," said Jake's owner Mike McCoy.

By Emily Reynolds. Dogs are able to mentally represent the threatening social interactions that give rise to jealousy, study finds.

Many long for a return to a post-pandemic “normal,” which, for some, may entail concerts, travel, and large gatherings. But how to keep safe amid these potential public health risks?

The maternal instinct is one of the strongest forces in the world. We could find many stories of maternal instinct in animals, but in this post, we would like

The animal control officer who moved Sisu from the North Carolina Dollar General store to the shelter bought the stray dog his unicorn toy before bringing the canine in

When the "No-Kill Los Angeles" initiative was launched in 2012, only 56% of dogs and cats were emerging from L.A. city shelters alive.

Greg Kelly, a cable channel host, has been skewered online after disparaging President Biden’s dog Champ, saying he looks “from the junkyard.”