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

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

The research suggests that dogs have the neurological capacity to eavesdrop and learn new words when they hear humans talking ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His ...

Research suggests they learn as well as 1.5-year-old toddlers.

New research reveals that a group of gifted word learner dogs can pick up new names by eavesdropping on their owners.

Gifted word learner dogs seem capable of eavesdropping about as well as 18-month-old toddlers, the study researchers say. Reading time 4 minutes Dogs might have more tricks up their furry sleeves than ...

Spelling F-O-O-D or O-U-T might only get you so far around your dog if he or she is considered a Gifted Word Learner (GWL). Researchers have just figured out that even when you're not talking to them ...

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 ...

"Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children," lead scientist, Dr. Shany Dror, said Irene Hewlett ; Tres Hanley Some dogs have the ability to ...

A study finds intelligent dogs are able to acquire vocabulary by eavesdropping on humans' conversations, just like babies do.