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.

I'm not sure if I want dogs to talk.

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Everybody knows that dogs can learn to associate specific spoken words with objects that look a certain way. A groundbreaking new study, however, shows that some gifted dogs can also match given ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

The front door to a house on a wide, leafy street opens and Stella greets me, tongue slurping my fingers, her tail wagging like a windshield wiper in overdrive. Stella, part Australian cattle dog and ...