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New research suggests modern dog breeds show cortical expansion tied to trainability, but that does not mean every pet is ...

Turns out, you just need to catch a boat from Ventura and head about an hour offshore to Channel Islands National Park, where nature has been running its own private laboratory for thousands of years.

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