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Dogs with shortened, flattened snouts have become hugely popular pets. But the anatomy that gives these animals their distinctively cute appearance can also heavily interfere with their breathing. Veterinarians refer to the condition as Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome, or BOAS. It occurs when compressed skull structures crowd the upper airway, leading to noisy breathing, reduced…
They placed a hamster wheel in the wild to see whether mice would use it as they do in captivity. Not only did the wild mice play with the wheel, but frogs, rats, shrews, and even slugs also interacted with it—suggesting that running on wheels might fulfill an innate desire to play rather than being…
A recent study reports that your dog may not just hear you talking. In a few rare cases, they may actually learn from it. An international group of researchers found that a group of unusually word-savvy dogs can learn new object names just by overhearing their owners’ conversations. The researchers compared this level of learning…