Digital Originals Real life Dr. Dolittle? Scientists on verge of cracking code for talking to animals Artificial intelligence could soon be used to decode dog, whale and bird communications ...

While there's no such thing as a panda-dog hybrid species, there are dogs bred to look like pandas, and, yes, they are as adorable as they sound.

Researchers are creating a library of movement data from different dog breeds, to make animal animations in films and video games more realistic.

It has the ability to make sounds like a dog,” says Bethel. “I expect the results to be very similar to what you would see with animal-assisted therapy with an actual dog.

Dec. 4, 2005 — -- Researchers at the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service in Washington state say sometimes a bark is just a bark -- but a long, loud panting sound has real ...