What is a ‘Button Dog’? Button dogs, as they’re known, communicate with people by pressing large plastic buttons placed on the floor. First, owners record certain nouns, verbs, or adjectives into each ...

In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; ...

New Research Suggests , Dogs Can Distinguish , Foreign Languages. NBC reports that researchers in Hungary have found that dogs can recognize when someone is speaking their owner's native language or a ...

Some dogs can learn words by eavesdropping on conversations, study finds. The rare ability mirrors how 18-month-old toddlers ...