A new study has revealed that Beagle dogs carrying mutations in the Shank3 gene—a high-risk gene for autism spectrum disorder ...

Our faces don’t just distinguish us from other people, but other species as well. Neanderthals bore stout jaws and broad ...

A new study shows that Beagle dogs with mutations in the autism-linked Shank3 gene exhibit face processing abnormalities similar to those seen in humans with ASD.

New research says we might be misinterpreting what our pets are really feeling and we might not be as good as reading a dog's ...

An international team of researchers sequenced the whole genomes of four grey wolves, three indigenous Chinese street dogs, and three domesticated breeds—a German shepherd, a Belgian malinois, and a ...

Playing with a dog for just 15 minutes can significantly reduce a person's stress, a new study reports ... were lower a week after hanging with a human. "Even brief interactions with dogs can ...

For the study, published in the journal Anthrozoos, researchers performed two experiments to look at how a human perceives a dog's emotions. For the first, the team recorded videos of a dog in ...