If you’re on social media, you might’ve seen the amazing videos of dogs pressing word buttons on a soundboard, evidently to communicate with their owners. When Stella, “the world’s first talking dog,” ...

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Animals talking to people? That’s been a long-cherished fantasy for millennia. Only now the question is seriously being asked as PBS’s Wednesday NOVA special “Can Dogs Talk” examines the scientific ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His owner says, “Max, stop chasing that squirrel and sit down,” and Max obeys. Can ...