For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

Evolved for connection: Centuries of domestication shaped dogs to be attuned to human emotions, fostering trust, security, ...

Dogs have spent thousands of years evolving alongside us—and thanks to natural selection and selective breeding, they’ve become pros at reading our emotions. A slight change in our tone, a raised ...

While attending the recent 14th meeting of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland in Salisbury, England, I learned of a book that immediately caught my attention. During his paper ...