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Dogs

Roller Rover is a definitive example of the work that has made William Wegman one of the world's most widely known conceptual artists.

Fay Ray: The Supermodel Dog

As photographer William Wegman tells it, his cinnamon-gray Weimaraner wasn’t content to just sit and stay

"It really is a miracle that he came in as good shape as he did," says taxidermist Paul Rhymer, who spent a month carrying out Owney's first restoration since he went on display.

Owney the Mail Dog

For nine years, Owney rode the rails and the wagons on top of mailbags as the mascot of the mailmen

In 1961, HAM the chimpanzee became the first upright hominid to go into space. After his death in 1983, he was interred at the New Mexico Museum of Space History.

Famous Animal Gravesites Around the World

It’s not just Kentucky Derby winners that are buried with great honor

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Can You Find This Dog in the Smithsonian Museums?

As First Dog, Laddie Boy was worthy of an official portrait.

The White House’s First Celebrity Dog

Bo, the Obama’s First Pooch, has a legacy to live up to in Laddie Boy, the family pet of President Harding

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News Flash: You May Be Boring Your Dog

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Who’s Laughing Now?

Long maligned as nasty scavengers, hyenas turn out to be protective parents and accomplished hunters

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Wolf Tracker

Biologist Gudrun Pflueger talks about her encounter with a Canadian pack

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On the Job

A Westminster Dog Show judge talks about his canine career

Among the best hunters in Africa, wild dogs have a higher kill rate than lions and can take down antelope that weigh as much as 500 pounds. They are notorious for a grisly efficiency that has made some people fear and hate them, if not shoot them on sight.

Curse of the Devil’s Dogs

Viewed as pests, Africa’s wild dogs have nearly been wiped out. But thanks to new conservation efforts, the canines appear ready to make a comeback

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Have Canine, Will Travel

Our fur-flung correspondents in dogged pursuit

Fighting For Foxes

A disastrous chain of events nearly wiped out California’s diminutive island fox. Scientists hope it’s not too late to undo the damage

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New Leash on Life

In an innovative program, prison inmates are raising puppies to be guide dogs for the blind

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Top Dogs

The Polar Inuit’s bond with the sled dog remains intact, thanks to a ban on snowmobiles. But the lure of technology threatens these “magnificent animals”

Border Collie

“A Good Dog Knows What to Do”

In competition, workaholic Border collies fetch, pen and shed to prove they have the right stuff

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If You’re a Bear, These Dogs Will Give You Paws

When grizzlies and black bears start hanging around people, Carrie Hunt and her feisty Karelians persuade them to go away

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Tracking America’s First Dogs

Carolina dogs, discovered in the Southeast woods, may provide clues to the primitive dogs that arrived with the first humans in America

Elliott Erwitt

Every Dog Has Its Day

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For Rescue Dogs “Nothing’s Better Than a Live Find”

Grace Coolidge with Laddie Boy, an Airedale Terrier, and Rob Roy, a white Collie

All the Presidents’ Pooches

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