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News & Insights

11,000 Years Ago There Were 5 Distinct Dog Types

By Keith Randall
A dog navigates in nature using an internal magnetic compass.
Dogs at Work

Dogs Have an Internal Compass

By Karen B. London, PhD
Science & History

African Wild Dogs: Helping to Restore Wildlife Ecosystems

By Claudia Kawczynska
Dogs could be an important sentinel species for the long-term health effects of environmental chemicals, research shows.
News & Insights

Dog Tags Could Monitor Our Chemical Exposure

By Tracey Peake
dogs at home study
DogPatch

Calling All Dog Parents: Science Needs Your Help

By Tracy Krulik, CTC, CSAT
Barks the Sounds that Dogs Make
Science & History

Dog Speak: The Sounds of Dogs

By Julie Hecht
Covid-19 Detection Dogs in Training
Dogs at Work

Detection Dogs in Training to Sniff Out Covid-19

By Susan Tasaki
Science & History

The ABCs of Dog Genetics

By Claudia Kawczynska
Audrey Ruple, a veterinary epidemiologist and assistant professor of One Health Epidemiology in the College of Health and Human Sciences’ Department of Public Health, with Bitzer, a Great Dane. (Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe)
News & Insights

Dogs Wanted for Massive Study on Aging in Canines

By Matthew Oates
Bark Editors

The Sounds of Sadness: Why a dog’s whimpering gets to us

By Claudia Kawczynska