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These Two Military Dogs Won Medals for Fighting Bravely

It was during the infamous Blitz of London that Jet of Iada rightfully earned his claim to fame.

Kristi Noem Is Starting to Look Finished

There’s no going back for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. Noem, who was widely touted as a possible VP pick for Donald Trump, appears to have scuppered her chances with...

Ex-South Korean Leader Says He’ll Give Up Dogs Gifted by Kim

Former South Korean president Moon Jae-in vowed that he will give up two dogs that were gifted to him by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un four years ago.  In a...

Kaman HH-43 Huskie: The Saving Grace of Downed Pilots in Vietnam

Here’s What You Need to Remember: A history of a sometimes forgotten part of a hard conflict. While the St. Bernard is the dog breed best known as rescue dogs, for...

In World War I, Even Animals Needed to Wear Gas Masks

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Horses often chewed through the canvas bags after mistaking them for feed. They were still vulnerable to skin blistering during mustard gas attacks and irritation...

OMG: ‘Dog Coronavirus’ Has Been Found in Humans (Don’t Freak Out Just Yet)

Scientists have found a new canine coronavirus in a handful of people hospitalized with pneumonia. This may sound alarming, but once we unpack it, you will see that there’s no...

A Savior in Vietnam: Meet the Kaman HH-43 Huskie

Here’s What You Need to Know: From 1966-1970, the crews of the Huskie performed a total of 888 combat saves including 343 aircrew rescues and 545 non-aircrew rescues. While the St....

The Air Force Just Deployed Its First Robotic Dog

An Air Force Security Forces unit received the first-ever official semi-autonomous robot dog in March. The 325th Security Forces Squadron got a Quad-Legged Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV), as is the official...

Kaman HH-43 Huskie: The U.S. Air Force’s Vietnam War Savior

While the St. Bernard is the dog breed best known as rescue dogs, for downed American pilots in Vietnam their savior was a rescue chopper named after a different breed....

Study: Dogs Can Detect Coronavirus in Human Sweat

Several dogs have been successfully trained to detect the coronavirus by sniffing human sweat, according to a new proof-of-concept study out of France and Lebanon. In the research, which was...

History Facts: In World War I, Horses Needed Gas Masks, Too

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In many ways, protecting animals from gas was more difficult than protecting humans – not least because humans understood what the danger was, and the...

A Flesh-Eating Parasite is Making its Way to North America Thanks to Dogs

Leishmania is a flesh-eating parasite that affects millions of people each year, in 98 countries and territories — but isn’t native to Canada and the United States. So why are...