Researchers in Beijing, China, have discovered that some dogs get ill-tempered in very hot weather and want less petting and more space.

It's never too early to plan how to celebrate National Dog Day coming up on August 26. The day was started in 2004 by animal behaviorist Colleen Paige.

Sniffer dogs in Australia searching through burrows have discovered 13 Victorian grassland earless dragons, a small reptile previously thought to be extinct.

Bing the Great Dane, co-star of the movie The Friend with Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, was already a veteran of dog shows and sports competitions before his film debut.

In ancient times, people bred a now extinct breed called the Wooly Dog for their fur.