Tag: dogs

  • Study Finds People Show More Empathy for Dogs Than Adult Humans

    Study Finds People Show More Empathy for Dogs Than Adult Humans

    You scroll through your social media feed and stop at a news story about animal abuse. Anger floods through you. Comments beneath the post demand justice, punishment, and retribution. Later that same day, you pass a story about human violence. You scroll past it. Maybe you pause. Maybe you don’t. Something strange happens inside our…

  • Study Shows Women Sleep Better Next to a Dog Than with a Man

    Study Shows Women Sleep Better Next to a Dog Than with a Man

    It’s 11 PM, and you’re deciding who gets to share your bed tonight. Your options? Your snoring partner who hogs the covers, your purring cat who treats your face as a landing pad at 3 AM, or your loyal dog who’s been patiently waiting by the bedroom door. If you’re thinking the dog sounds like…

  • Dogs “Cry” When Reunited With Their Favorite Human, Study Finds

    Dogs “Cry” When Reunited With Their Favorite Human, Study Finds

    Few experiences are as heartwarming as returning home to the enthusiastic greeting of a pet dog. This joy is now backed by scientific research, which suggests that dogs may actually “cry” when reunited with their favorite humans. Published in the journal Current Biology, the study reveals that the dogs’ emotional response of dogs upon seeing their…