Learn more about the blue dogs in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and what is behind the mystery of their blue fur. Images of blue dogs in Chornobyl have been circulating around social media recently and ...

Meet the Breeds, the American Kennel Club’s annual showcase of purebred dogs, took place over two eye-wateringly cold days in early February at the Javits Center, in Manhattan. About a hundred and ...

A recent essay by award-winning science writer Emily Anthes titled "In Defense of Dumb Dogs: Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK" has generated countless emails, texts, and in-person ...

A dog’s death is like no other. Not worse than any other, of course. But unlike any other, inasmuch as the disparity between the loss and the profound grief it provokes is so bewildering to outsiders ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on March 22, 2026. The original video can be viewed here. Everyone knows the old adage about dogs being man's best friend, but you may not know ...

Around 80 million dogs live in U.S. homes, and our ability to read their emotions needs work, research finds. Humans don’t understand dogs’ body language and corresponding emotions as well as we think ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. One day last November, my dog, Forrest, sat on the cold marble steps of the Smithsonian’s natural-history ...

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Photography started as a hobby for me. However, as a clinician and researcher specializing in human-animal relationships, I came to see in it another way to listen not only to people but also to ...

At the Westminster Dog Show, dogs are royalty. Humans are but their loyal, sometimes frantic, attendants. Held annually in New York City, the competition is the most prestigious of its kind and one of ...