Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and might have ...

Distinct domestic dog types could have started developing thousands of years before modern breeding, archaeologists find.

Experts and research agree that reward-based dog training builds trust, reduces stress, and creates lasting behavior far ...

But within a few thousand years, generations of domesticated life had started to become visible in dogs’ bones. The oldest ...

Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great Dane, corgi to greyhound, pug to ...

A new study has revealed that dogs began their physical transformation from wolves during the Middle Stone Age - several ...

Dr Carly Ameen from the University of Exeter, another lead researcher on this project, explained to BBC News that almost half ...

Domestic dogs are among the most diverse mammals on the planet. From the tiny chihuahua to the towering great dane, the ...

While the range of physical diversity dogs show is often thought to be the result of intense breeding over the last 200 years, a new study – based on ...

The huge range of dog breeds that exists today is often thought of as a modern phenomenon, but new research suggests this ...

A total of 25 preserved canid prints were discovered in various chambers of the Grotta della Bàsura in northwest Italy. In ...

A Mexican wolf has been relocated by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish after being captured north of Interstate 40.