At a recent neighborhood gathering I found myself chatting with a woman who told me, "Dogs are really smart. My dog Robbie can read my moods better than my eight-year-old son Steven." Her part of the ...

The humble dog has been adapting and evolving alongside humanity since before we learned agriculture and how to make our own tools. This long history means dogs are incredible at human-canine ...

This post is in response to Do Dogs Think About and Plan For the Future? By Stanley Coren PhD., DSc, FRSC Update: A video that's well worth watching concerning future thought by dogs. An essay by Dr.

For centuries, humans have wondered just how intelligent dogs truly are. To the casual observer, a wagging tail or a tilted head might seem adorable- but beneath those expressive eyes lies a mind ...

A birthday gift became one of the most remarkable experiments in animal cognition. Chaser, a Border Collie from Spartanburg, South Carolina, held the largest tested memory of any non-human animal — ...

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 ...

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 ...