Dogs rely on scent in ways that still surprise researchers. They have up to 300 million olfactory receptors, compared to about 6 million in humans, and can detect smells 10,000 to 100,000 times more ...

Trained cardiac alert dogs may sense changes in heart rate and blood pressure, offering support to patients, though research ...

Dogs have spent thousands of years adapting to human behavior, so it’s no surprise they sometimes notice changes people miss.

The dogs are detecting changes in volatile organic compounds — substances produced by the body when diseases like cancer are ...

As the owner of a yellow lab named Gus, author Maria Goodavage has had many occasions to bathe her pooch when he rolls around in smelly muck at the park. Nevertheless, her appreciation for his keen ...

Learn how Splash the otter uses scent and movement to power underwater search and rescue efforts in Florida’s murky waters.

In 1986, Connecticut’s first acceleration detection dog, Mattie, started working at the scenes of fires. Mattie worked until 1992 to detect if fires were caused by arson. Stream Connecticut News for ...