So, if you’re ever wondering why dogs take top billing ... It has to be said that some dogs are more cuddly than others – rather like humans. Some truly love to snuggle, others like to be close to you ...

In a fractured world, dogs can provide unconditional love and companionship. Photographer Elias Weiss Friedman says that's why more Americans are centering their lives around their pups.

In “The Word of Dog,” philosopher Mark Rowlands writes that the animals are empathetic and, unlike humans, unburdened by doubt ...

Science shows many prevailing "truths" about dogs are anything but and set false expectations that hamper building and ...

A dog’s life — even if that means joyfully and endlessly chasing squirrels — is more meaningful than a dog owner’s life, ...

“I love my dogs, and I always feel that they’re more of a partner than a pet,” he said. “So I started wondering, ‘Why are they so close to humans? Why are they connected so tightly to us?’ ...

For those who love animals but don’t have their own pets, consider fostering one or volunteering at a shelter.

So, if you’re ever wondering why dogs take top billing ... some dogs are more cuddly than others – rather like humans. Some truly love to snuggle, others like to be close to you – but ...

Dogs are acutely and sometimes bafflingly other than oneself, at least when oneself is human, which may explain why we love them so fiercely. Yet sometimes I wonder if we are more like them than ...