Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The next ...

Dogs are a man's best friend, or so the saying goes. Our furry, four-legged pets are renowned for their ability to recognize human emotions and even respond to our facial expressions. But what about ...

Farmers raise millions of goats. But little has been known about how to tell if a goat is doing OK — until now. A new study reveals the signs of... Goats are having a moment, and we're not just saying ...

Nigerian dwarf goat letting out a squeak. He’s one happy boy! Almond is the cutest dwarf goat at Fallen Oak Farms in Valrico, Florida. And while he’s definitely not the biggest goat on the property, ...

Alan McElligott, an animal behavior researcher at the University of Roehampton in the UK, continues to be impressed by goats. Since he started studying the charismatic ungulates a decade ago, he’s ...

Goats get a lot of love on the Internet. They get less in the pages of animal cognition journals. The darlings of such research tend to be primates, whales, dolphins, dogs and horses. Goats, on the ...

Goats can differentiate between human facial expressions and prefer to interact with happy people, according to a new study. Goats can differentiate between human facial expressions and prefer to ...

Don’t get bleat — we mean bleak — around a goat. Goats, just like dogs, prefer smiling friends over scowling jerks, according to a new study. Researchers in the UK borrowed goats from a local ...