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 ...

Dogs have a special chemistry with humans that goes back many tens of thousands of years. Researchers investigated this special evolutionary relationship from a number of different angles. Their ...

Dogs have adapted their behaviour in ways that get unintentionally rewarded by feeders but create hazards for others ...

From village dogs to toy poodles to mastiffs, dogs come in an astonishing array of shapes, colours and sizes. Today there are estimated to be about 700 million dogs living with or around humans. To ...

We’ve lived together for some 15,000 years, and we share 84 percent of our genes with one another. Humans and dogs are inextricably linked in countless ways, and one of those ways is the health ...

What makes dogs so special is their deeply social nature—not just with humans, but with each other. Anyone who’s lived with more than one dog has likely seen the strong, lasting bonds they form. They ...

Hilarious moments of dogs constantly wanting to play with their humans.

Scientists in the U.S. and Britain are looking at dogs for answers. Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell and scientists are studying whether our canine friends could help identify people infected ...