Happy International Dog Day! At the Comparative Cognition lab, we study dogs of all kinds, from puppies and working dogs to the ones in our homes. As always, a huge thank you to the many dogs and humans who have made this work possible. Want your dog to take part in science? Visit cclab.ucsd.edu

Happy International Dog Day! 🐶 A great day to celebrate dogs and learn more about how they think, learn, and communicate. At @cclabucsd.bsky.social , we study dogs of all kinds, from puppies and working dogs to the dogs who share our homes. Want your dog to take part in science? cclab.ucsd.edu

Today (April 30th) is 🔱 #TritonGivingDay Please donate to support the students in @cclabucsd.bsky.social studying 10,000 pets from 47 countries in the largest Animal Communication study ever attempted! We need your help tinyurl.com/2s3ksem2 ! This beauty is Parker! @ucsandiego.bsky.social

Thank you @ucnewsroom.bsky.social for creating this informative and even handed representation of the challenges and opinions around pets pushing buttons to communicate with humans. See below a few papers we published on it. We have 3 more on the way (one about cats) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnV...

Are TikTok’s “talking" dogs legit — or just a clever trick? Science explains

YouTube video by Fig. 1 by University of California

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We are less than a week away from our first ever Detection Dog Trials event with MAN-K9 at UCSD! We hope to see you there, this Saturday & Sunday March 8th & 9th! 🐕🐾

Federico Rossano@federicorossano.bsky.social · 2y ago

The scent detection dog trials will take place on March 8th-9th in La Jolla (CA) at UC San Diego. Professionals and civilians will be competing on different days, judged by professional judges and receiving prizes. This is going to be a one of a kind event and hopefully the first of many.

First Bluesky post! The CCL at UCSD is hosting the first-ever Detection Dog Trials in collaboration with MAN-K9! Join us March 8-9th to compete for trophies & prizes, contribute to scientific research, and showcase your dog’s scent detection skills! Learn more & register: detectiondogtrialsucsd.com

A few days ago I was asked by @kncukier.bsky.social for @economist.com "whether language is a cognitive ability that’s unique to humans, or just one of many modes of communication dotted across the tree of life". You can hear the first episode of the conversation that followed here. econ.st/3COF6QS

Do animals have language?

Our podcast on science and technology. The first episode in a two-part series that explores animal communication and efforts to translate it in the age of AI

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‼️The Comparative Cognition Lab at UC San Diego is hosting the Detection Dog Trials in collaboration with MAN-K9! Join us March 8-9th to compete for trophies & prizes, contribute to scientific research, and showcase your dog’s scent detection skills! Learn more & register: t.co/OdBFzgxAD3