One dog year is not equivalent to seven human years, despite widespread use of the ratio for calculating the age of canine companions. Presumably, the ratio is based on the average lifespan of dogs ...

Their study has lead to a new formula that can be used in place of multiplying by seven Researchers are saying that they’ve found a more accurate way to calculate a dog’s age — but it’s not as simple ...

Scientists have studied the epigenetic clock that's in charge of how dogs age and have created a new formula that more precisely pinpoints how old your pet is. DNA methylation for humans can divulge ...

For a rough idea of a dog’s physiological age, a popular approach is to simply multiply its actual age by seven, but new research upends this piece of conventional wisdom. Scientists have developed a ...

If you own a dog, you've heard this rule: One year for Fido equals 7 years for you. Turns out, the math isn't that simple. Researchers now have a more accurate way of calculating a dog's age that ...

To estimate your dog’s age in human years, multiply the dog’s age by seven, right? Wrong. A more accurate conversion isn’t so easy to do in your head: Multiply the natural logarithm of the dog’s age ...

Scientists have come up with a new formula to calculate a dog's age in human years — and it is much more complicated than multiplying its real age by seven. Well, a new study suggests it's a little ...