You know the feeling. It’s impossible to resist. You just need to yawn. A yawn consists of an extended gaping of the mouth followed by a more rapid closure. In mammals and birds, a long intake of ...

When it comes to dogs, a yawn doesn't always mean they're sleepy. Pennsylvania SPCA animal advocate Carol Erickson explains what else your dog could be trying to tell you when they let out a yawn.

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 ...

You are standing at the corner of a busy intersection waiting for the light to change with your dog sitting beside you. People are chattering loudly nearby, and pressing close and suddenly your dog ...

Research suggests dogs contagiously yawn, but there's no scientific consensus the meaning. The question: Is it true that human yawns are contagious to dogs? The science: Some dog owners swear that ...

PET dogs yawn when their owners do and the process is contagious, just as it is in humans, according to scientists from the University of Tokyo. Scientists have found that pet dogs yawn significantly ...

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, ...

It’s not just Frisbees and sticks. Dogs catch yawns from people, too. Dogs watching a person yawn repeatedly will yawn themselves, says Atsushi Senju of Birkbeck, University of London. Just as that ...

Warren was relaxing with his pup in his lap when he noticed something unusual. The dog, who was calmly yawning, suddenly did something that caught his attention. It wasn’t the usual dog yawn, it was ...