For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His ...

To what extent are dogs really paying attention to our conversations? Quite a bit, actually.

New research suggests prodigious pups that already have large vocabularies can learn new words by listening in on their ...

There's nothing quite like the confidence of a puppy who thinks they have everything figured out. They charge ahead without ...

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

Ten gifted dogs — including a Border collie named Basket and a Labrador named Augie — watched their owners hold a new toy and talk to another person about it. Then the pups were told to go to another ...

A video of a foster dog discovering toys for the first time has captivated viewers on TikTok. The video, posted by user @simonsits, has amassed more than 565,000 views since it was shared on June 14.

Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super ...

Adorable puppies and fun tricks always go well together. One puppy, Willow the German shepherd, is proving just how smart and cute she can be in this TikTok.

Some dogs can learn new object names by overhearing human conversation, highlighting advanced learning skills also seen in ...