A dog’s sniffer is their best, favorite, and most-used tool. In perfect conditions, your pup can scent things from up to 12 ...

A rose by any other name smells as sweet, even when you only conjure up its fragrance in your mind. That’s because people use their noses to sniff imaginary as well as real aromas, and the mere act of ...

Dogs can contract cancer by doing one of their favorite things: sniffing each other's crotches. According to research done at the University of Cambridge, Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumors (CTVTs) ...

Every owner might have a different idea of what makes their dog happy—whether that's their favorite treat, going to the park, or maybe even staying at grandma's house. Owners will do anything to see a ...

A fascinating study has found that sniffing female tears significantly reduced male aggression and decreased activity in aggression-related brain networks. It’s suggested that the effect, which is ...

Dogs can reliably detect prostate cancer by sniffing a man’s urine, according to a widely publicized study released this month. I’ll take a dog over a digital rectal exam any day. Plus, dogs are our ...

As the saying goes, dogs are humans’ best friend. Unless, of course, you have weed on you… and that dog is a police K9 trained to sniff you out. From entertainment venues to public transit and ...

Scientists have developed an artificial dog nose that mimics the 'active sniffing' of dogs and can increase vapor detection up to 16-fold. By mimicking how dogs get their whiffs, a team of government ...