Dogs are a good model for studying human obesity because they develop obesity through similar environmental influences as ...

Life with a dog is a matter of give and take. Especially when it comes to communication. With no common human–dog language, ...

All humans know that as you age, your appearance changes. You start as a baby and turn into an adult over time, and often, it ...

Each dog that goes past looks uncannily like its owner. Dogs who resemble their human owners has been observed in research, too. In one study, published in 2015, women with long hair tended to ...

Howl-lelujah! Dogs and humans are fatter than ever — it’s no surprise that overweight people tend to have overweight dogs.

Researchers examining British Labrador retrievers have identified multiple genes connected to canine obesity. The ...

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It turned out increased obesity risk in Labradors was linked to the same genes and mechanisms that cause obesity in humans. These gene variants were more common in purpose-bred dogs we carefully ...

New research has revealed that people often do not perceive the true meaning of their pet's emotions and can misread their dog. The reasons for this are many and include a human misunderstanding of ...

A massive study of fraternal and identical twins has surprisingly concluded that much of our emotional response toward dogs is genetic.