Does "the animal" exist? Toward a theory of social life with animals / Susan J. Pearson and Mary Weismantel -- Touching animals : the search for a deeper understanding of animals / Nigel Rothfels -- ...

Animal spaces, beastly places : an introduction / Chris Philo and Chris Wilbert -- Flush and the banditti : dog-stealing in Victorian London / Philip Howell -- Feral cats in the city / Huw Griffiths, ...

Mood can reverse how humans judge dog emotions. Positive moods may make dogs look sadder, while negative moods can make them look happier.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an American writer working in fiction and nonfiction. If a book’s topic were “farms for the production of beagles for some ...

Dogs have always peaked a number of human emotions as the loyal companions have been by humankind's side since ancient times. This has resulted in instinctual interactions between humans and dogs that ...

Source: Marc Bekoff A few weeks ago, ethologist and dog trainer Marco Adda wrote to me about his new ideas of how to move and sense with other animals, a practice he calls zoosomatics. Marco has long ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

A new study conducted by animal behavior and mammalian cognition experts at the Universities of Lincoln and Sussex, and Jean Monnet University, reveals that dogs may be far better at understanding ...

A group of researchers based in Hungary dedicated almost a year to learning about dogs and how they communicate—and whether the animals could ever learn to speak. Ethologist Tamás Faragó and collegues ...