Ciara Farrell, a Kennel Club Historian, tells Country Living: "Dog ‘breeds’, as we know them today, are a fairly modern ...

Biologist and archaeologist Allowen Evin, of CNRS, and her colleagues compared the size and shape of 643 skulls from dogs and wolves: 158 from modern dogs, 86 from modern wolves, and 391 from ...

A new study finds that the wide range of domestic dog shapes and physical attributes we're familiar with today first started appearing thousands of years ago.

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

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 ...

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 ...

On Sept. 15, 1918, Corporal Lee Duncan walked through the bombed-out ruins of a German camp near Flirey, France. There, he found a kennel that housed military working dogs meant for the German army.

Zeus was dubbed both the tallest and biggest dog in the world by Guinness World Records from 2011 to 2013. At age three, Zeus was already 44 inches tall—that's 3 feet, 8 inches—from the base of his ...

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Caitrin Conroy of the Pet Unity Project says 13-year-old PopTart has been part of her family since 2017. Her little brother, Doug, joined the family three years later.

The National Dog Show, presented by the Philadelphia Kennel Club, is a beloved Thanksgiving tradition for millions of families. It airs every year directly following the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade ...

Bringing a dog into your life is a big commitment, especially when it comes to large dog breeds. While they can be loyal, loving companions, they also come with unique challenges that aren’t always ...