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The East Flemish horse trainer Mieke Lannoo has taught her horse Happy to understand 12 signs from the SMOG (Speaking with Gesture Support) sign language system. SMOG is composed of simplified signs ...

If you ask people what they love most about their pets, being able to pet and snuggle them or having them sit in our laps is usually high on the list. My first childhood pet, Puffy — cut me some ...

While every dog is happy with a new toy, the key to showing your dog you care is positive and consistent actions every day.

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Researchers develop TweetyBERT, an AI model that automatically decodes canary songs to help neuroscientists understand the neural basis of speech.

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