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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

"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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve never gone truffle-hunting, you are missing out on one of life’s greatest experiences. Even Kim Kardashian would tell you that — well, sort of. Kardashian (who co-founded a private equity ...