Charlie was adopted himself as a 10-year-old senior dog. An 18-year-old rescue dog is helping kids learn about adoption and also helping other dogs find their "furever" families. Meet Charlie King, a ...

You can't teach an old dog new tricks, but some scientists hope dogs can teach humans about the process of getting old -- and how, maybe, we can reverse it. "Dogs are great models for figuring out why ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jen Reeder is an award-winning journalist who specializes in pets. Achilles, a 10-year-old boxer mix, found himself up for ...

In late 2019, a team of researchers launched The Dog Aging Project, a long-term survey on the health and lifestyles of dogs in the United States. Their launch goal: Enroll 10,000 dogs. When a global ...

When Amber Rodriguez happened upon a dog adoption event with her daughter, there was no stopping her. The teen wasn't ...

In 2020, the Dog Aging Project began enrolling tens of thousands of companion dogs in the United States in a long-term longitudinal study of normative aging. The goal of the Dog Aging Project is to ...

Medium Dogs You may think that shepherds and other working dogs are a natural fit for a home with small children. After all, rounding up kids isn't too different than rounding up sheep. However, these ...

A new study of exceptionally long-lived Rottweilers revealed that keeping their testes for longer may help them age more gracefully, offering fresh clues for how hormones shape frailty and resilience ...

This story has been updated to correct an inaccuracy. Almost a decade ago, Bloomington photographer Darbi Haug opted to get an older dog; now she owns a bustling photography business, thanks in large ...