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Photo: milorad kravic / Getty Images Your Dog Might Be Learning New Words Just by Overhearing Your Conversations
If you think your dog can understand you, you’re probably right.
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Photo: Catherine Falls Commercial / Getty Images Why Your Dog Always Looks Sad When You Feel Happy
You’re probably not as good at reading your dog’s emotions as you think.
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Photo: Hillary Kladke / Getty Images A Dog in Oklahoma Just Set a World Record With His Enormous Tongue
“He doesn’t really lick a whole lot.”
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Photo: Bicho_raro / Getty Images Humans Have a Weirdly Strong Genetic Link to Golden Retrievers
Some of the genetic links feel very on-brand for goldens.
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Don Mason / Getty Images Scientists Say Your Pet Might Actually Be Neurodivergent
Animals could be just as neurologically weird as the rest of us—and that’s kind of beautiful.
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Pictures by Justin Clark ‘It Smells But I Feel Free’: Why This Guy Left His Tech Job to Scoop Dog Shit
Ryan Lund quit his $200,000 a year corporate sales gig to pick up pet poop—and he would recommend it to anyone.