For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

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

According to researchers at Hungary’s Eötvös Loránd University, a very small subset of dogs can go “much further” than just ...

There's a few special words that will perk the ears of many a dog -- hungry, park, and of course T-R-E-A-T. But a choice group of gifted canines appear to have remarkable capacity for learning human ...

Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super ...

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

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

Spelling F-O-O-D or O-U-T might only get you so far around your dog if he or she is considered a Gifted Word Learner (GWL). Researchers have just figured out that even when you're not talking to them ...