I'm often asked why dogs occasionally scratch the ground after they pee or poop. I've also been asked why a dog sometimes will scratch the ground without having previously peed or pooped. A few weeks ...

Every other week on NHPR's Morning Edition, the Outside/In team answers a listener question about the natural world. This week’s question comes from Ann Barker, of Hollis: “My question is based on the ...

Ground scratching could be yet another form of social communication, and taken together, peeing, pooping, and ground scratching are a good example of how dogs may use what ethologists call composite ...