Every household dog, from a towering Great Dane to a trembling toy breed, traces back to wild wolves. New genetic work shows ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...

Animal Welfare Commissioner Fleur Abela speaks to Karl Azzopardi about stepping into the role of ‘mediator’ between animal activists and government ...

Some dog breeds are known for being more challenging than others, but the reality behind “behavioral problems” is more ...

Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog ...

It's clearly impossible to get tired of those cute faces. Labs have been the number one dog breed in America for more than 25 ...

Bossy dog breeds are strong-willed, intelligent, and loyal natural leaders, not disobedient. "Bossy" often reflects herding, ...

Dog breed choice is one of those subtle class markers that people don't talk about but everyone unconsciously recognizes.

Referring to dogs as “man’s best friend” is more than just hyperbole – canines have been invaluable companions throughout ...

Genomic analysis of more than 2,700 dog and wolf genomes shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of post-domestication ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.