Just as humans use different tones of voice and speech patterns to communicate, so too do dogs convey meaning through barking. For those who wonder how to identify one bark from another, pet behavior ...

Beyond barking, our canine companions communicate with a fascinating range of noises, each telling its own story. Indeed, dogs are full of surprises, and the sounds they make are no exception.

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Dogs make a lot of sounds. From howling and growling to whining ...

If you're a dog owner, you know that canines have a language all their own. Whether they're barking, growling, whining or howling, they're trying to tell you something — and it pays to be informed ...

Horowitz, who runs the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College, is the author of The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves Puppies aren’t born barking, just as children aren’t born chattering.

A woman came up to me with a handsome, black and white, speckled cocker spaniel in tow. "Freckles barks all of the time," she said, indicating the dog beside her. "I know he's trying to communicate ...

A woman came up to me with a handsome, black and white, speckled cocker spaniel in tow. "Freckles barks all of the time," she said, indicating the dog beside her. "I know he's trying to communicate ...

Before the National Dog Show taped in Philadelphia, it held an off-book barking contest. Here’s what barking tells us about dogs. Wilbur, a beagle owned by Mary Cummings of Endwell, New York, adds his ...