Many owners think so, thanks to the “talking buttons” craze on TikTok and Instagram. Scientists are less convinced.

In his new book, Chris Pearson tells the story of how this happened: of how dogs became "collared". While he's alive to the ...

"Originally, it was only going to be 1 or 2, but I changed my university plans, which meant I could keep more," the owner said.

In the ashes of what was once a luxury home on Malibu's Pacific coast, an energetic dog runs from spot to spot, searching for victims of one of the huge wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles.

Dogs are known as humans’ best friends, but the foundation of this relationship lies in effective communication. Dogs ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. When a dog leaped from a helicopter to accompany the U.S. SEAL team on the raid of Osama bin Laden’s complex in 2011 ...

Normal sledding pace is less than five miles an hour. When Jesper crashed, they were a little more than halfway through the ...

A mom dog who was shot 4 times shortly after giving birth to 11 puppies is making a miraculous recovery in a Memphis, Tenn., ...

“Wherever she went,” Kerry says, “she’d always have a dog.” This summer ... Wang is the assistant managing editor of the magazine. She often writes about how tantalizing objects of ...