Some dogs are getting pawsitive results with a research study at UW- Eau Claire. Every year, students in the animal behavior ...

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Dr. Alison Pearce Stevens explains how dogs can be accomplished conservationists who are able to locate invasive species and ...

At emBARK, UW-Eau Claire students were seeing if dogs, young and old, could be taught a few new tricks. As part of UW-Eau ...

Is a dog's bark simply an expression of emotion, or does it contain specific information that humans cannot understand?

Your dog stiffens, growls, and refuses to budge near someone who seems perfectly harmless to you. Science suggests your dog ...

Every year, students in the animal behavior class study dog cognition and the effect of some outside input, like pointing.

The goal of animal behavior research is to observe animals as they respond to stimuli (whether naturally occurring or experimentally provided) and draw conclusions based on their actions. These ...

It’s so easy to lavish affection on our precious pups. We can’t resist kissing their cute faces, giving them belly rubs and scratching behind their ears. And they like it too—if we pause for just a ...