Dogs’ brains shrank by around half at certain stages during their domestication, a study shows. Early ancestral dogs still ...

Scientists don't know exactly how wolves were domesticated into early dogs, but it's possible that they domesticated themselves by choosing to coexist with humans so that, a new study finds, they ...

It has long been known that dogs have less between their ears than wolves, but now research has suggested their brains started to get smaller at least 5,000 years ago. Experts say the results offer ...

The dogs we know and love today are members of our families, but it took thousands of years for them to settle into that role ...

Dogs were domesticated around 11,000 years ago. Until recently, it was thought that breed diversity emerged in Victorian times. Recent studies of dog skulls have shown that diversity actually started ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest genetic evidence of domestic dogs, with remains from Türkiye dating back 15,800 years and others in Europe about 14,300 years old. The findings push the confirmed ...

Selection is based on breeding the ones most useful. They don't even need that knowledge. Keep & feed only the ones that are useful and not dangerous to the handler (for guard dogs a vicious reaction ...

Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike—with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows. At first glance, Persian cats and pugs don't ...

Dogs were likely domesticated more than 14,000 years ago, a new study published this week found. In the largest study of canine remains to date, researchers from 17 institutions, including ...

Bones from the turn of the Holocene indicate that humans were feeding canines—including wolves and coyotes—fish over 10,000 years ago, Reading time 3 minutes Who let the dogs out? It remains unclear, ...

Dogs have a very special bond with humans. They were the first mammal to be domesticated, and we have fashioned them into many different shapes and sizes to fulfil different roles. Wherever you find ...