Showing posts with label dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dogs. Show all posts
Thursday, January 7, 2016

How Do You Train A Dog To Sniff-Out Bombs

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Photo credit: Sgt. Joshua LaPere for the U.S. Army Priceonomics: How Do You Train a Dog to Sniff Bombs? To a well-trained dog, nothing i...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Trained Dogs Can Help In Treating Veterans With PTSD

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NPR : Veterans Say Trained Dogs Help With PTSD, But The VA Won't Pay At a warehouse near Dallas, a black Lab named Papi tugs on a rop...
Friday, March 28, 2014

The Family Tree Of DOGS

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From pugs to pinchers and spaniels to samoyeds, one artist has created a dog family tree (pictured) that highlights the diversity of dogs...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Cross-Breeding Of Dogs Has Made It Difficult To Trace Their Genetic Roots

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Modern Dog Breeds Genetically Disconnected From Ancient Ancestors -- E! Science News Cross-breeding of dogs over thousands of years has made...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Dogs May Have Helped Man Out-Compete Neaderthals

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Dogs 'Helped Man Out-Compete With Neanderthals' -- The Telegraph Dogs could have been the deciding factor which enabled modern human...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Why Canines Yawn After Their 'Dog Tired' Owners

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Open wide: Yawning is infectious - for dogs such as this Basset hound mid-yawn. Daily Mail Revealed: Why Canines Yawn After Their 'Dog ...
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Dog Bites: The Stats

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CSN Editor : From Live Science
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Sharing A Bed with Fido Can Make You Sick

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Women are more likely than men to report sleeping in the same bed with their dog, according to a 2005 study by the American Kennel Club. Cre...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Kids Who Own Dogs Are More Active

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From Live Science: When little Johnny or Molly asks for a puppy for their birthday, parents may want to give in. New research in England sug...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Dogs Likely Originated In The Middle East, New Genetic Data Indicate

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This evolutionary tree shows dog breeds and gray wolves. (Credit: UCLA) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Mar. 18, 2010) — Dogs likely orig...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Small Dogs Originated In The Middle East, Genetic Study Finds

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Yorkshire terrier. (Credit: iStockphoto/Lenka Dankova) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Mar. 13, 2010) — A genetic study has found that sm...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Grrr… What's 'Step Away From The Bone' In Dog?

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From The New Scientist: The canine phrase book has collected its first entries. Dogs understand the meaning of different growls, from a rumb...
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Canine Morphology: Hunting For Genes And Tracking Mutations

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Researchers studying the dog genome have a new understanding of why domestic dogs vary so much in size, shape, coat texture, color and patte...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Small Dogs Originated In The Middle East

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A single gene is responsible for the size of dogs -- big and small. Getty Images From Discovery News: These miniature mutts were the descen...
Monday, February 1, 2010

The Tell Tail Clue To A Happy Dog... They Wag It To The Left

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Photo: Welcome sign: A wag to the left is friendlier than one to the right From The Daily Mail: Everyone knows that if a dog's ears are...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Breeding Has Made Dogs' Heads Incredibly Diverse

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A cocker spaniel mix puppy. Credit: stock.xchng From Live Science: To get a sense of the not-so-subtle ways humans have influenced the cours...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

For Dogs, It's 'Survival Of The Cutest'

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From Discovery News: Look at how cute and adorable Claudia and Johnny are! Don't they just melt your heart? New research shows that how ...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Science Of Sniffer Dogs

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From Cosmic Log/MSNBC: Rescuers from all around the world are converging on Haiti in the wake of this week's earthquake - and not all o...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Dogs Better Than Human Walking Companions

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From Future Pundit: No surprise here. Oh, and cats aren't getting you any exercise. Is it better to walk a human or to walk a dog? ...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Dogs Are Better Than Cats – At Least Scientifically Speaking

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Dogs won six categories compared with five for cats Photo: Martin Pope From The Telegraph: A dog really is man's best friend claims a ...