A Florida Chihuahua named TobyKeith was declared the world’s oldest living dog by the Guinness World Records organization. On March 16th, he was certified as being 21 years and 66 days old. TobyKeith was adopted by his mom in 2001 when he was just a few...
Does one dog year really equal seven human years? This long-held belief is undergoing some high-tech revision. Scientists say a more accurate way to measure an animal’s age is to use something called an epigenetic clock—the accumulation of chemical modifications in an animal’s DNA over its...
The University of Washington and Texas A&M University have teamed up for a large-scale study called the Dog Aging Project. The project invites dog owners to nominate their pets to be part of the study. The goal of the Dog Aging Project is to identify factors...
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