COLUMBIA — Despite holiday excitement, a Columbia animal shelter director said the season isn't quite as magical for them. “This is just a really tough time of year for us," said Melody Whitworth, the ...

Researchers at Duke University set out to study dogs' intelligence, finding insights into how dogs learn, their individual strengths, and how the species is evolving to become even better companions ...

Runner Nikki Hiltz took second place at the ninth Kalakaua Merrie Mile elite race in Honolulu on Saturday. The Aptos native, 31, who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, and uses they/them ...

Nikki Hiltz won last year’s Kalakaua Merrie Mile and will be looking for a repeat. Although he did not get a spot in the pro race that includes 20 world-class men and women, there will be plenty of ...

Excited barks and wagging tails helped usher in the holiday season during the weekend. MidMo Dog Center hosted its first Holidog Party on Sunday. With Christmas music filling the air and a table of ...

The key to capturing a Best In Show award is a simple and self-referential adage. And it also describes what Soleil, a black Belgian Sheepdog, did with stunning grace, perfection and poise to win the ...

1,994 dogs representing 201 breeds will compete at the 2025 National Dog Show Presented by Purina, with the event set to air on Thanksgiving – Thursday, November 27 – at 12 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...

Merrie Jo Vaughn, age 78 of Canton, passed away Monday, October 27, 2025 at her home. She was born February 12, 1947, in Canton, the daughter of the late Don and Marcella “Pete” Hostetler. Merrie Jo ...

Rose Baca - neighborsgo staff photographer WASHINGTON — Dallas area crisis communications specialist Merrie Spaeth advised financier Jeffrey Epstein on public relations strategy in 2008 as he faced ...

New research reveals that people aren’t just imagining it—dogs and their owners share striking similarities, from matching hairstyles to mirrored temperaments. Hope, an Afghan hound, sports the same ...