Dogs can pull muscles similarly to humans, often resulting in limping or decreased activity due to pain. The most common causes of pulled muscles in dogs include exuberant activity, inflammatory ...

The mournful, pleading, eyebrows-up expression dogs make is so familiar that we have made it into an idiom: puppy-dog eyes. A new study suggests it's yet another example of dogs' ability to ...

Recently-published research indicates our dogs may have developed new facial muscles just to communicate with us. According to researchers from Howard University, North Carolina State University, the ...

If you've ever fallen for the old 'puppy dog eyes' trick, don't feel bad. A new study has found dogs evolved new facial muscles specifically to tug at your heartstrings over the course of thousands of ...

Living alongside humans changed both how dogs behave and how they look. Research shows that domestic dogs developed a small facial muscle that helps them create the familiar “puppy dog eyes” ...

Ever wonder why dogs are able to melt hearts the way they do? A group of researchers in the U.S. and the United Kingdom may have an answer for you. As it turns out, researchers discovered dogs have a ...

The term "puppy dog eyes" may sound sentimental, but according to researchers, it's actually scientific. A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has ...