Meet Jodie. Hailing from Oxfordshire, this affectionate yellow labrador lives with Caroline, her foster parent. She adores a tummy rub and isn’t fussy about who gives them to her. Jodie loves to play ...

Dogs' sniffing skills may soon get a boost, thanks to a groundbreaking discovery by animal behavior experts in the United Kingdom. Since detection dogs use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff ...

Dogs can be trained to identify individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) by sniffing out a disease-specific odor in skin swabs with up to 98% specificity and 80% sensitivity, a recent study suggested ...

University of Pennsylvania veterinary school tests coronavirus patient samples. Dogs have been trained to effectively sniff out an array of complexities from cancer to blood sugar levels in diabetics, ...

Humans have been using the remarkable olfactory abilities of dogs for as long as canines have been domesticated. Our ancestors used the ability of hunting dogs to sniff out prey to help them secure ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The dogs showed high sensitivity and specificity between samples of patients with Parkinson’s disease and ...

Dogs trained by everyday pet owners are proving to be surprisingly powerful allies in the fight against the invasive spotted lanternfly. In a groundbreaking study, citizen scientists taught their dogs ...

STORY: Hummer, a young mixed-breed dog, walks around a variety of samples until he finds what he’s searching for – the scent of screwworm. The canine is part of a select group chosen for a three-month ...