Photo Essays

LIFE With Horace the Housebroken Hare
Carl Mydans belongs on anyone’s short list of the 20th century’s finest photojournalists. The Boston native chronicled downtrodden migrant farmers in New England...

LIFE With Dogs: Westminster Champs and Also-Rans, 1950s and 1960s
The well-known phrase “Man’s best friend” is, in fact, a rather anemic way to describe the utterly unique relationship that has evolved over thousands of years...

LIFE With the Astrochimps: Early Stars of the Space Race
On the morning of January 31, 1961, in south Florida, a 5-year-old chimpanzee — dubbed “Ham” by his handlers — ate a breakfast of baby cereal, condensed milk,...

Pups on Parade: Behind the Scenes at the 2013 Westminster Dog Show
This week, the most carefully coiffed dogs in the world gathered at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show to compete for the top prize. TIME takes you...

The Dogs of War: Photos of Canines in Combat
A gallery of dogs that have assisted in military efforts over the past century

Bo and Other Presidential Dogs
Everyone knows that Barack Obama — having won the election — owes his daughters a puppy. The Portuguese water dog is now the betting favorite after the First...

Presidents and Their Dogs
The Obamas select a Portuguese water dog to join them in the White House, continuing a long tradition of Presidential first dogs

Best in Surf: Dogs Ride the Waves
A charitable cause provides a great excuse for adorable dogs to compete in the fifth annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition at Imperial Beach,...

Abused No More: Rehabilitated Attack Dogs
The rescue of 500 fighting dogs, and the birth of 100 puppies, spares generations of canines from a tragic end. A gallery of dogs that are ready for...

Strays to the Rescue
A new photo book details the stories of dogs rescued from streets and shelters and how they learned to give something back. Excerpted from the book "To the...

Canine Cognition
The dogs at Duke University's Center for Canine Cognition lab learn new tricks. Photographs by D.L. Anderson for TIME

Brazil's Town for Dogs
A shelter for strays houses 1,600 canines

Real-Life Hotel for Dogs
An entrepreneur in Sydney, Australia opens the PawPaws Urban Retreat, a luxurious stopover for the discerning canine Photographs by Lisa Maree Williams /...

Sit! Shake! Heal!
These dogs do a lot more than just a few tricks - they lower blood pressure, give sick kids a reason to laugh and make bed-bound patients smile

Puppies Behind Bars
Inmates sign up to train service dogs — and find a sense of responsibility in return Photographs by Radhika Chalasani / Redux

County Fair
Photographer Greg Miller documents America's enduring love for corn dogs and tilt-a-whirls

Dog Style
For two days every year, New York's Madison Square Garden is home to 2600 dogs, all competing for the title of ""Best in Show"" at the prestigious annual pageant...


