PBS’s Wednesday NOVA special “Can Dogs Talk” examines the scientific evidence by exploring the viral social media  phenomenon ...

Riggie has watched this occur many times, the woman narrating the video explains, and has learned the pattern. So Riggie starts to hit the "play" button on his word mat. "He took it upon himself to ...

Riggie has watched this occur many times, the woman narrating the video explains, and has learned the pattern. So Riggie ...

Premieres Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Can dogs understand what we say—and talk back?

The Nature of Things explores how dogs might be using human language with the help of buttons on a soundboard.

Premieres February 4 @ 9 p.m. on PBS ...

Today we'll show you how you can very easily make pretty decorations out of buttons and magnetic tape which you can use to ...

In this short clip I show how I train my dogs in China to “speak” Chinese using colored talking buttons. Each button plays a simple Mandarin phrase, and the dogs respond in their own hilarious way. I ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Derrick Johnson buried his mother’s ashes beneath a golden dewdrop tree with purple blossoms ...

PBS science series examines what dogs’ use of soundboard buttons can reveal about language and cognition ...

The moment the door clicks shut, your dog starts living a second life. The sweet, well-behaved 'good boy' you know turns into ...

Derrick Johnson buried his mother’s ashes in 2023 alongside his home on Maui, fulfilling her wish of a final resting place overlooking her grandchildren COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Derrick Johnson ...