Although it is more common in dogs, 4 in 10 pet cats also choose to play fetch with their owners, report Mikel Delgado from Purdue University, US, and colleagues in PLOS ONE. Dogs are well-known for ...

While some pet owners may disagree, it's widely accepted that around 80% of dogs will engage in fetching 'play' behaviors with their humans. But scientists have now found out that almost half of ...

This week's poem "The Fetching" is by Graham Mort and comes from his 2007 collection, Visibility. His most recent volume, Cusp, was published in 2011, preceded in 2010 by a debut-collection of stories ...

Your dog has been watching you all day. The way you rushed through breakfast. The sharp exhale when your inbox loaded. The tension in your shoulders from the commute home. They noticed all of it—and ...