I had heard that dogs could smell cancer so I said to my husband, 'Brian, should I go and get this checked out?’ My dog ...

In Africa, giant rats have been trained to sniff out tuberculosis in humans and land mines in fields. In England, dogs have identified bladder cancer. In Georgia, wasps have detected bombs. So perhaps ...

Meet Jodie. Hailing from Oxfordshire, this affectionate yellow labrador lives with Caroline, her foster parent. She adores a tummy rub and isn’t fussy about who gives them to her. Jodie loves to play ...

We all adore our canine friends for their lovable faces, goofiness, unconditional love, and boundless loyalty. But if there’s one thing that makes dogs extra special, it’s their impressive ...

UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) -- Penn Vet's Working Dog center is now training a new set of dogs to detect cancer. 2-year-old Ivey is learning to use her keen sense of smell to locate one scent among ...

Individual dogs’ personalities, and how we interpret their behaviors, may be key to disease sniffing at scale. Billy, a floppy-eared little beagle, darts around a platform sniffing a series of holes.

A dog's superior sense of smell is helping to detect cancer at its earliest stages. Researchers take blood plasma from cancer patients and place them into one of eight canisters for the pups to sniff ...

A seed planted years ago has flourished into a father-son mission to end homelessness. San Fernando Valley native Evan Craft, inspired by his father Ken, is hoping to raise $100,000 through Mi Casa ...