If you can’t resist those large, liquid puppy-dog eyes from your pooch begging for just about anything, it’s only natural and humans are the reason they have those eyes. “Dogs are unique from other ...

Researchers found that dogs have muscle fibers that support more human-like expression compared to their wild relative, the wolf Humans selectively bred dogs thousands of years ago to achieve the ...

Coyotes, like domestic dogs, possess the ability to create the "puppy dog eyes" expression, a facial feature long thought to have evolved exclusively in dogs due to domestication, according to a new ...

What's behind those hard-to-resist puppy dog eyes? New research suggests that over thousands of years of dog domestication, people preferred pups that could pull off that appealing, sad look and that ...

Every dog owner knows how hard it can be to say no to "puppy-dog eyes," but a new study shines light on how canine facial expressions evolved and why humans are able to understand them so well.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

Are you a sucker for large, liquid "puppy-dog" eyes gazing soulfully up at you, begging for, well, just about anything? Of course you are, but don't blame your pup. A study finds that humans are ...

If you've ever wondered how your pooch flashes those "puppy dog eyes" that melt your heart, a new study may provide some answers. The researchers identified certain muscle features that help dogs look ...

“Puppy-dog eyes didn’t just evolve for us, in domestic dogs,” says comparative anatomist Heather Smith. Her team’s work has thrown a 2019 finding that the muscles in dogs’ eyebrows evolved to ...

A new study found humans are the culprit behind dogs having those irresistible eyes, according to a report from CNN. Humans bread those doleful eyes into today’s domesticated dogs starting around ...