Could dogs ever learn something like speech? A new review explores the science behind enhancing canine communication.

The Nature of Things explores how dogs might be using human language with the help of buttons on a soundboard.

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

PBS science series examines what dogs’ use of soundboard buttons can reveal about language and cognition ...

The research suggests that dogs have the neurological capacity to eavesdrop and learn new words when they hear humans talking ...

Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can expand their vocabulary in just the same way.

Researchers have identified that some dogs are "gifted word learners” — pups who know the names of more than 100 toys. In fact, these dogs can learn new words just by eavesdropping. And even if your ...

Can dogs communicate a range of emotions to humans through facial expressions? Researchers say yes. A new study discovered a key factor that separates wolves from dogs involving two specialized facial ...