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

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

The team’s first commercially available product is a specifically-designed button that service dogs can press to help turn on ...

It's great that dogs respond positively to certain pitches and tones, because people who baby talk their dogs usually have these 11 specific personality traits.

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

Kinship reports signs your dog may be lonely include destructive behavior, restlessness, and excessive vocalization; socialize them to help.

"Can Dogs Talk?" opens with Stella, a Catahoula–Blue Heeler mix who became the first viral “button dog." Stella appears to use recorded sound buttons to communicate with her owner, speech therapist ...

The Wolverines survived a 3-point shooting barrage early, then set the tone defensively Tuesday to beat No. 5 Nebraska.

Could dogs ever learn something like speech? A new review explores the science behind enhancing canine communication.

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

In this short clip I show how I train my dogs in China to “speak” Chinese using colored talking buttons. Each button plays a ...

When local woman, Tracey Fiorenzo, lost her eyesight in 2017, it was not long before the possibility of getting a seeing eye ...