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.

Athletes from around the globe are in Italy for the Winter Olympics. But in Oregon, a different breed of athlete has been training — and competition can get a little… hairy.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chef Ryan Pera, of Coltivare, works with his Lagotto Romagnolo dog, Mochi, to train him to hunt for truffles in Houston Wednesday, ...

"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 ...

If this were Arkansas, these working dogs would be focused on retrieving ducks for their hunter owners. But this is the Napa Valley. The working dogs at Robert Sinskey Vineyards in Carneros on ...

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 t ...

Michigan State University researchers—along with colleagues at the University of Florida, citizen scientists and their "truffle dogs"—have discovered two new species of truffle. The research was ...

First things first, let’s clear up a common misconception: truffles are not mushrooms. They are a fungus, and while they are closely related, they are not actually part of the mushroom family. Instead ...