Imagine your dog telling you, "I want to play," or "I'm hungry," not through barks or body language, but by pressing a button that vocalizes these words. This scenario, once the realm of fantasy, is ...

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

This is not comparable to word learning in children. By around age two, typical English-speaking children learn approximately ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The act of talking to a dog might strike some as absurd. Sure, pups respond to commands: “sit,” “down,” “stay.” But can your dog ...

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 ...

“People have always tried to understand what animals are talking about,” Zhu said. Using machine learning and advanced artificial intelligence, Zhu and his team aim to translate dog sounds into ...

Training dogs requires patience, consistency and using gestures or verbal commands, which canines understand through different tones, but new research found they might "listen in" on conversations ...