The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in ...

Two new studies suggest the story of dogs and their relationship with humans is older and more complex than once thought.

Dogs have been part of human societies across Eurasia for at least 20,000 years, accompanying us through many social and ...

Dogs today come in a mind-blowing array of shapes and sizes, from the diminutive pug, Pekingese and Pomeranian to the grand ...

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

An archaeological study has revealed when domestic dogs first began to show the remarkable diversity that characterizes them ...

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

We often attribute this diversity to a relatively recent phenomenon: the Victorian kennel clubs that first emerged around 200 years ago. These clubs are usually credited with formalising the selective ...

A surprising diversity of dog shapes and sizes evolved long before the Victorians began making modern breeds Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great ...

“A reduction in skull size for dogs is first detectable between 9,700–8,700 years ago, while an increase in size variance ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ruth Ley and her colleagues demonstrated that behavior—in this case, how ...

Veterinarians are encountering more vaccine-hesitant pet parents who are influenced by misinformation spreading online.