If you own a dog, you’ve probably seen him yawn. A lot. And while a dog yawning is certainly adorable, you may have also wondered, “Why do dogs yawn so much?” Do they yawn for the same reason humans ...

Yawn next to your dog, and it may do the same. Though it seems simple, this contagious behavior is actually quite remarkable: Only a few animals do it, and only dogs cross the species barrier. Now a ...

Is it true that human yawns are contagious to dogs? Some dog owners swear that when they yawn, their dog does, too. And they may be right. Contagious yawning is a well-known phenomenon among humans — ...

Yawning, an act so simple yet intriguing, holds a peculiar secret—it's contagious not just between humans but between humans and dogs as well. In our book, The Purest Bond: Understanding the ...

Yawn in the presence of your pooch and they're likely to yawn right back at you, a new study shows. The research, a series of carefully controlled experiments with 25 dogs of different breeds, ...