Children can become closer to pets than to siblings, study finds
Because no one wants to feed and wash their siblings.
Tag: dogs
Can animals get depressed too?
The jury is still out but the evidence seems to suggest 'yes'.
Dog fertility has gone down significantly, and we’re probably to blame
We might be the next to come.
NOAA photographs golden retrievers swimming back home from their mating run
NOAA has released a photograph of this year's golden retriever migration. The animals are returning to shore after their mating ...
How pets make you hotter to the opposite sex
A University of Nevada team, led by anthropologist Peter Gray, tested several hypotheses about pets and contemporary courtship or dating ...
Dogs may have been first domesticated in Nepal and Mongolia
It probably took a bit of convincing for man to turn wolves into dogs through domestication. At least this is ...
Dogs can tell when you’re happy or upset, study shows
Science confirms what every dog owner has known in his heart: our canine friends can tell when we're happy or ...
Breed not the dominant factor in canine aggressiveness
Photo: dogsense.co.uk It's always depressing when we hear stories of dogs attacking people, more so when injuries lead to death. ...
Dogs can sense Earth’s magnetic field… while pooping
Every dog owner can attest that canines are remarkable navigators, like some sort of living, breathing compasses. For some time, ...
Reading a dog’s mood by studying its tail wag
Any dog lover will tell you if you see a dog wagging its tail it's a sign that the dog ...
Dogs instructed to perform tasks via remote control
It's a lazy dog owner's dream come true. What if you had a remote control that you could use to ...
Study proves humans can read a dog’s emotions just by looking at its face
Mal's various emotional stances. (c) Walden University A recent study that asked human participants with minimal experience with dogs to ...
Detecting explosives with an artificial dog nose
In an age where the developing world is shadowed by paranoia in face of waves of terrorist attacks, no measure ...
Study shows dogs can accurately diagnose lung and breast cancer
I recently stumbled across this study which I found absolutely mind blowing. Here's how researchers did it. They trained 5 ...
Shorties: Shanghai introduces one-dog policy
Reminiscent of the infamous one-child policy introduced in China in 1978, which limited urban Chinese families togiving birth to a ...
Owning a dog will make you healthier
While a dog's psychological value to its owner is very much attested, helping cure loneliness and such, a recent study ...
