For many years, psychologists and behavioral biologists agreed that laughter was a unique emotional expression found only in humans. However, as the study of animal emotions expanded this idea was ...

If you spend enough time with a dog, you eventually catch a moment that makes you stop and think, “Hang on, is that dog actually laughing?” It might happen when they are rolling around on the floor or ...

A lot of dog behavior gets brushed aside because it looks funny, harmless, or easy to explain away in the moment. People laugh when a dog spins in circles, scoots across the carpet, stares at a wall, ...