Dogs have spent thousands of years evolving alongside us—and thanks to natural selection and selective breeding, they’ve become pros at reading our emotions. A slight change in our tone, a raised ...

Long before modern breeds like huskies, pugs or German shepherds existed, dogs were already journeying across continents with groups of humans. New research published in Science shows that dogs were ...

Who said it first, no one knows. But Frederick the Great, warrior ruler and enlightened despot of 18th-century Prussia, said it well. “The only, absolute and best friend a man has, in this selfish ...

In the frenzy that accompanies the Olympic Games, the media fills up with reports and video clips showing some of the remarkable physical performances that human beings are capable of. Most of us are ...