Why the relationship between people and dogs runs so deep — its psychology and history, the grief when it ends, and how a changing world keeps reshaping it.
The Grief That Has No Name
Losing a dog can hurt as much as losing a person — sometimes more. And yet society offers almost no permission to grieve. Here is the science that explains why, and the case for taking pet loss seriously.
How the Dog Got Into the Bed
A century ago the family dog slept in the yard. Today it sleeps on the duvet. The story of how that happened is a story about what we decided we needed from animals — and from each other.
The Friendliest Gene
Dogs may carry a genetic signature of extreme sociability — a canine echo of a rare human condition in which strangers feel, immediately and overwhelmingly, like friends. New genomic research suggests the bond between dogs and humans is written into the genome itself.
Kuala LumpurThe Dog Parks and Cafes of KL: How a Multicultural City Built Something Remarkable
The dog-friendly Kuala Lumpur that exists today — its parks, its cafes, its passionate community of owners across every culture and language — was built without a masterplan, by people who simply loved their dogs enough to find each other. This is the story of what they built.