Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Dogs are renowned for their remarkable ability to learn human language via training—now a new groundbreaking study has ...

A study has found that intelligent companion dogs possess language learning abilities comparable to those of 18-month-old infants. Similar to how children learn to speak, dogs can also acquire new ...

"Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children," lead scientist, Dr. Shany Dror, said Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

You may want to choose your words carefully around your canine companion: new research reveals that a group of ‘gifted’ dogs can learn new names by eavesdropping on their owners. ‘Gifted word learner’ ...