Dogs have a truly astonishing sense of smell that goes far beyond anything we could imagine. From picking up the scent of a potential mate miles away to uncovering an explosive, a dog's nose is always ...

It is nothing new that dogs have a much better nose than humans. A dog’s nose has around 300 million olfactory cells, making it 40 times more powerful than that of a human. This is why their special ...

It’s no secret that dogs have an extraordinary sense of smell that shapes their understanding of the world in profound ways. In the same way, we humans rely primarily on our vision to perceive the ...

Just about everybody knows that dogs are blessed with a superior sense of smell. As a matter of fact, their sense of smell is so sophisticated that humans, in comparison, are olfactory illiterates.

It’s long been widely believed that dogs can detect extreme emotions by smell. Now scientists at Queen's University Belfast in the U.K. have proven that a dog's nose knows. Acute stress changes the ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: I’m training my dog Roger for search and rescue, which requires him ...

Nosework, also known as Scent Work, is a sport in which a dog fully relies on his own sense of smell, turning a dog’s favorite activity — using its nose — into a fun game. In training and in ...

Wen-Ling L, Kygo’s owner, tells PEOPLE that within 24 hours of surgery, the French bulldog lifted his nose and sniffed like never before Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Q: I'm training my dog Roger for search and rescue, which requires him to use his nose. I noticed while I was taking a particular medication that my sense of smell worsened. Can the same thing happen ...