Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eva, a Lagotto Romagnolo dog, hands a truffle she found to her owner Luke Gilbert near Hendersonville, North Carolina, on November ...

Monza, a truffle hunting dog, and her dog trainer Lois Martin found a new truffle species at a municipal park in Tennessee. On Christmas Eve, Lois Martin decided to take Monza, her Lagotto Romagnolo, ...

Deep in the rolling hills of northern Italy, where ancient oak trees guard their precious underground treasures, a special breed of dog has been perfecting the art of truffle hunting for centuries.

Researchers, citizen scientists and their 'truffle dogs' -- have discovered two new species of truffle. Tuber canirevelatum, meaning the 'dog-found' truffle, was named in honor of truffle dogs and ...

Organizers of a truffle dog championship for amateurs in Oregon hope it will draw more people to truffle hunting with dogs, which some experts say could improve the Pacific Northwest's truffle crop.

The growing appetite for truffles is feeding demand for dogs trained to sniff out the pungent fungus prized by chefs and foodies. As more landowners plant orchards in hopes of harvesting truffles, ...

Still damp from an impromptu plunge in the backyard pool, wiggly and tense from being told to stay, Mochi managed to wait until he heard the command: "Find it!" The dog first bounded over to his owner ...

The text showed up around 7 p.m. on a Thursday night in late February. I had been loosely communicating with a truffle hunter named Ava, who, like any good forager or fungus seeker, had been pretty ...

Truffle expert Stefan Czarnecki takes our own Lydia Nguyen on a truffle hunting adventure with his dogs Ash and Auggie. Oregon is the epicenter of truffles in the United States, and during truffle ...