Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dogs have a powerful sense of smell, there's no doubt about that. While us humans stumble through life guided mostly by our eyes, ...

Just about everybody knows that dogs are blessed with a superior sense of smell. As a matter of fact, their sense of smell is so sophisticated that humans, in comparison, are olfactory illiterates.

Dogs are capable of using their nose for many tasks: hunting, retrieval, and finding that cookie crumb you dropped beneath the couch. Now we can add “mussel sniffing” to the list. The California ...

Dogs have been human's best friend for thousands of years, and their ability to understand us goes beyond just following commands and responding to our emotions. A recent study has shown that dogs can ...

If you read this blog on a regular basis you know that it is primarily designed to address what psychology research shows about behaviors across species. My view is that the field of “comparative ...

Dogs can smell human stress — and it alters their own behavior, reveals new research. Our four-legged friends experience “emotional contagion” from the smell of human stress — leading them to make ...

Dogs that sniff their surroundings display signs of a healthy pup. This curiosity sends signals to their central nervous ...

Dogs have a powerful sense of smell, there's no doubt about that. While us humans stumble through life guided mostly by our eyes, our canine companions tend to walk through life with their noses, ...