Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super learners can pick up new words by overhearing people talk, just as toddlers ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His ...

To what extent are dogs really paying attention to our conversations? Quite a bit, actually.

Some gifted dogs with an expanded vocabulary can learn new words and connect them to objects, a sign they learn as well as ...

According to the team, these findings suggest a dog’s ability to learn from overheard speech may rely on brain mechanisms ...

New research suggests prodigious pups that already have large vocabularies can learn new words by listening in on their ...

Ten gifted dogs — including a Border collie named Basket and a Labrador named Augie — watched their owners hold a new toy and ...

Some dogs can learn words by eavesdropping on conversations, study finds. The rare ability mirrors how 18-month-old toddlers ...

"Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children," lead scientist, Dr. Shany Dror, said ...

Anyone who has kept different dogs as pets will have noticed over time that some are more attuned than others to speech and ...