dogs

Law enforcement officers from worked with their canine partners on water training at an apartment complex pool in Bloomington Wednesday.

A recent Purdue study found that Scottish terriers exposed to smoke are six times more likely to develop bladder cancer.

A respiratory illness in dogs has been reported in Indiana, including Bloomington, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Evansville.

During a “march for beagles” at the Statehouse on Thursday, Indiana lawmakers announced legislation to require animals that have undergone testing to be put up for adoption.

Large stores like PetSmart and Petco already prohibit the sale of cats and dogs.

The human brain is exquisitely tuned to identify faces and facial expressions, which are so important to human social interaction. Researchers have found that certain areas of the human cerebral cortex are specialized for processing visual information about faces.

Sensitivity to loud noises, like thunder or fireworks, is the most common kind of anxiety for dogs. In fact, researchers at the University of Helsinki had dog owners around the world report on their canines' anxiety.

Cooperation and mutual aid can help animals survive and reproduce, and in these circumstances evolution can promote helpful and unselfish behavior. A study by American researchers published in 2020 shows that domestic dogs really will rescue their owners even when they haven't been trained to do it for a reward.

Did you know that a dog's nose can be tens of thousands of times more sensitive than ours? A recent study even suggests that dogs' noses can actually sense heat.

French scientists recently tested dogs to see if they could recognize the faces of other dogs on a computer screen. This might not sound that difficult, until you think about the wide variety of dog faces.