Laurie Witucki first stumbled upon the sport of scent training while looking for a fun way to work with her anxious rescue dog, Rue. Rue was fearful around other dogs, so she couldn’t compete in more ...

Scent training could make pet dogs better behaved, suggests a study by Aberystwyth University academics published in Animals. The research suggests that pet dogs trained to detect smells have improved ...

SEVILLE, Ohio — There are jumping dogs who can leap through a hoop. Diving dogs who will soar off a dock after a favorite toy. Those who fetch with ease, and those who know a long list of tricks.

If you want a dog to hunt something down, it helps to let them sniff an item to pick up the scent. Now, researchers have found that scent training honeybees might work in a similar way -- and that ...