New research suggests prodigious pups that already have large vocabularies can learn new words by listening in on their ...

Some dogs can learn new object names by overhearing human conversation, highlighting advanced learning skills also seen in ...

Basket the Border collie seems to have a way with words. The 7-year-old dog, who resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, ...

The study’s findings add to evidence that the cognitive and social abilities that underpin language learning are not limited ...

Dogs can learn new words just by overhearing human conversations, a study has found. Many dog owners find they have to avoid ...

This is not comparable to word learning in children. By around age two, typical English-speaking children learn approximately ...

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 ...

Some dogs can learn words by eavesdropping on conversations, study finds. The rare ability mirrors how 18-month-old toddlers ...

Some gifted canines pick up words simply by overhearing people speak to each other without needing to be taught ...

In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; ...