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, ...

"The Truffle Hunters" is a slice of life from a place on Earth that's as hilly and lovely as a fairy tale kingdom and unusual more than ever in our times. Dogs and men - in fact, aged dogs and old men ...

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (WLOS) — Western North Carolina is known for its beautiful mountains and, in recent years, its growing food scene. One local couple is combining those to help shine a light on a ...

Truffles may be a delicacy enjoyed around the world, but we owe compliments not only to the chef who prepared the dish, but also the dog who found the truffle. That’s right, dogs around North America ...

CORVALLIS — When it comes to truffles — the subterranean mushrooms considered a delicacy in most parts of the world — pigs are most famously associated with hunting the fungi. But man’s best friend ...

Did you catch Hal Bernton’s story in the Sunday Times on ‘dog-found truffles,’ learning how harvesters like Alana McGee use trained canines to sniff out the ripest, premium fungi? Here’s a little bit ...

A rare truffle hunt drew an esteemed group, including Robert Chang, chief truffle officer of the American Truffle Company, and professor Paul Thomas, the company’s chief scientist. Accompanied by ...

Cheering and barking radiated through the arena at the Joriad North American Truffle Dog Championship on Feb. 8 as 28 dogs competed to be crowned the Joriad champion and the ultimate truffle hunting ...

Heather Dawson, a doctoral student at the University of Oregon, tracks a variety of culinary and nonculinary truffles across the Pacific Northwest, with the help of her truffle dogs. A wagging tail is ...

This August 2010 photo shows Fausto Ostili as he hands over a small piece of hot dog sausage to his truffle hunting dog Zara after she delivered another lump of the prized tartufo to her owner during ...