dogs and humans Dogs understand tone and meaning of words Jason Weisberger

animals Dogs will obey commands from social robots David Pescovitz

Gadgets Boston Dynamics robot dog enforces lockdown in Singapore Rob Beschizza

Science In NY, 2 cats are infected with coronavirus – first U.S. pets to test positive, federal officials say Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Cats and coronavirus: 3rd animal case in Hong Kong, and SARS-CoV-2 can replicate in cats says new China study Xeni Jardin

Gadgets If you’ve got a crazed canine, Relax My Dog may just save your sanity Boing Boing's Shop

animals Lost dog saved by random humans in a car Xeni Jardin

makers Volunteer "stick library" is a hit with neighborhood dogs Cory Doctorow

Funny Jump Around (poodle in a box) Xeni Jardin

health The target date for eradicating Guinea worm has been delayed 10 years, and that may be overly optimistic John Struan

disease Now the prairie dogs are out to get us Seamus Bellamy

odors Scientists discover a soil fungus that neutralizes skunk odor Mark Frauenfelder

Science This is the reconstructed face of a pet dog that lived 4,500 years ago David Pescovitz

dogs A fun quickie on how wolves evolved into Chihuahuas (and other doggos) Carla Sinclair

picks Puppy still figuring out her wee little dog barking voice (SOUND ON!) Xeni Jardin

Kids These domesticated foxes came from a famous Russian experiment Andrea James

wonderful creatures Goats friendlier for happy human faces Rob Beschizza

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

san francisco San Francisco's public defecation problem really stinks Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures Dogs have more cortex neurons than cats, but raccoons beat them both Mark Frauenfelder