Multiple AI-generated YouTube videos made up a tall tale to tug at the heartstrings in the wake of the pope's passing.

Holly, the former cuddle manager at a children’s hospital in the United Kingdom, has officially retired after eight years on ...

Flat-faced dogs and cats have been bred to such extremes that they now look more like each other than their own ancestors, ...

Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls ...

Breanna Bortner, a 31-year-old from Minnesota, credits her dog Mochi with helping detect her breast cancer before doctors ...

Human encounters with wildlife are becoming more common due to shrinking natural habitats and expanding human neighborhoods, ...

In 2021, researchers in Hungary set out to discover which personality traits in dogs most correlate with fast learning. And they found that one trait tends to line up most with canine smarts: ...

Linda Wiedewitsch trains dogs to help military veterans deal with the psychological effects of war. Most of the dogs she ...

Like humans, all dogs burp to let excess air out of their stomachs. This can happen when pups swallow too much air when ...

Animals from diverse species can learn to love each other. But we weren't waiting for the latest scientific data to come in.

Similar Palaeolithic dogs have emerged at sites in Germany, Spain, and Belgium. The 14,000-year-old remains at Bonn-Oberkassel, for instance, included a partial skeleton that was buried with humans.

At 82 pounds, Duke, also lovingly known as "Meatball," is hard to miss. But despite his size and personality to match, the ...