Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dog brain communication networks differ with selective breeding and training, revealing how dogs became so responsive to people.

How have selectively breeding dogs across decades and individual training shaped the way that dogs communicate? New from JNeurosci, researchers at Harvard University, led by Mélina Cordeau, sought to ...

Breeding programs could alter heritable dog characteristics to reduce the rates of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS), a breathing disorder common in dogs such as Bulldogs, French ...

A true field dog is defined by nose, stamina, and water instinct working together across changing terrain, not by pedigree ...

Dogs have spent tens of thousands of years living and working beside people, but that partnership has not shaped every canine brain in the same way. Breeding and training appear to leave distinct ...