Ever wonder why dogs are able to melt hearts the way they do? A group of researchers in the U.S. and the United Kingdom may have an answer for you. As it turns out, researchers discovered dogs have a ...

Buccal massage has become one of those whispered beauty rituals — the kind that celebrities swear by, aestheticians study ...

In an essay called " Evolution of facial muscle anatomy in dogs," Dr. Kaminski and her colleagues note that humans shaped dog behavior and anatomical features during domestication. They write, "Here ...

(CNN) -- Dog owners have long been aware of the phenomenon of puppy dog eyes -- just a simple glance from a canine companion can soften even the hardest of human hearts. Researchers think there is a ...

The allure of facial exercises seems logical at first glance. After all, if working out builds muscle in your arms and legs, shouldn’t facial exercises tone the muscles in your face? This seemingly ...

Coyotes turn out to have face muscles that look capable of making that big-eyed, sad-puppy face that dogs have used to melt human hearts for eons. That discovery supports a rethink of humans’ history ...

There’s a lot we don’t know about gorillas. This is due to the lack of legal dead gorillas to dissect. And that means many details of our shared family tree remain unclear. For instance, we used to ...

Dogs and humans communicate quite well. We're pretty good at reading what they want and what they're feeling, and they're very good at reading us. This reciprocal understanding of shared emotions, ...