18 May 2022
Livestock guardian dogs traditionally used to protect herd animals from predators are now also being hailed as a way to conserve the animals they are trained to scare off
27 April 2022
There is growing evidence that feral dogs and their domestic cousins have a big ecological impact, from hunting and spooking wildlife to poisoning plants and spreading disease to endangered species
21 July 2021
Dogs have lived with humans for tens of thousands of years. Imagining what would happen to them in a post-human world offers insights into how we can improve dogs’ lives right now
1 January 2020
It's not just the food, your dog really does love you - and researcher Clive Wynne has done the studies to prove it
1 January 2020
Our best shot at understanding and even reversing human ageing will come not from studying ourselves, but from 10,000 of our canine companions
3 July 2019
People's personalities often have more in common with their dog or cat than their friends, and now we know why owners and their animals are such a purr-fect match
23 August 2017
Gregory Berns coaxes dogs into MRI scanners to see what's going on in their heads. It even reveals if they would make good helpers for people with disabilities
23 August 2017
Have we rubbed off on our closest animal companions? Dogs have developed a range of remarkably human characteristics, as this New Scientist round-up reveals
