Dogs rely on scent in ways that still surprise researchers. They have up to 300 million olfactory receptors, compared to ...

Dogs' sniffing skills may soon get a boost, thanks to a groundbreaking discovery by animal behavior experts in the United Kingdom. Since detection dogs use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff ...

A recent study found that not only can dogs detect our stress, but, in turn, our stress stresses out our dogs. Fortunately, service dog organizations can train dogs to channel those detection skills ...

There is new hope in the fight against a devastating cancer in dogs that is often deadly. Researchers at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in South Philadelphia are training dogs to help detect ...

Chemist Lauryn DeGreeff is committed to making explosive and drug searching more effective and safer for detection dogs. In her latest research, DeGreeff put bombsniffing standards to the test, ...

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has added eight paws to its fight against invasive pests. Two specially trained detection dogs, Winnie and Marcel, have joined the TDA Plant Certification ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Two dogs are working with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture to sniff out an invasive pest: the spotted lanternfly. Winnie and Marcel are two specially-trained detection ...

A rescue became a rescuer when scent detection dog Bear saved over 100 koalas during the "Black Summer" bush fires of ...