According to a new study, your dog may learn language similar to how your toddler does, giving the term "fur baby" a whole new meaning.

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

“We already know that all dogs are basically able to learn action labels: things like ‘sit down,’ ‘stay’ but it seems like ...

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

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

Some days, it feels like dogs can read our minds. They nuzzle us when we’re sad or grab a toy to throw for them when they see we're bored. Other days, the language barrier between our species is ...

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 ...