Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long recognized as a skill used by toddlers who are learning to understand language, scientists have discovered that a rare subset ...

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 ...

In a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Science, Israeli researcher Shany Dror, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, found that super-smart canines, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Miso, a 6-year-old male border collie from Canada, knows the names of about 200 toys. Toddlers learn new words in many ways, ...

This time around, the group recruited 10 GWL dogs and 21 non-GWL dogs, all border collies, since this is the most common ...

Discover the fascinating study on 'genius dogs' who can learn toy names by listening to their owners' conversations. Find out if your dog is a gifted word learner.