For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

University of Oxford researchers have helped produce what they describe as the earliest genetic evidence for domestic dogs, placing canines alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers in Europe and Turkiye ...

From palm-sized Chihuahuas to Great Danes that could pass for small horses, dogs today come in more shapes than any other mammal species on Earth. We often chalk that up to modern breeding that began ...

An international team of researchers led by the Francis Crick Institute, the University of East Anglia and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has found that dogs were domesticated ...

Scientists have discovered that dogs may be entering a new wave of domestication, as humans now seek to have companions that are friendlier and calmer. A few decades ago, dogs were seen as animals ...

Dear reader, I love science and research, especially the current studies that are being done with canines. Dr. Brian Hare from Duke University is the foremost researcher in canine cognitive ...

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