The domestication of dogs began around 15,000 years ago, when wolves first started to be domesticated by humans. It is believed that early humans tamed wolves and eventually bred them to create the ...

The world's most famous dog show is back, with pooches expected from all over the globe. Thousands of canines take part in Crufts every March, with owners hoping to win the ultima ...

Balto’s genetic makeup shows a greater ability to process starches when compared to wolves and Greenland sled dogs.

Compared to the projected $82 billion dog food market Hypercube Insights forecasts by 2026, the origins of the domesticated dog's diet are quite humble. Around 20,000 years ago, early hunter-gatherers ...

In Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog, a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Edison discovers that dogs are intellectually superior beings. They’re so smart, in fact, that the canines found the easiest possible ...

When did dog tail docking start? The ancient Romans believed that amputation of the tail tip and/or parts of the dog’s tongue could protect it from contracting rabies, which was then rampant all over ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study from the University of Oxford reveals the complex history of canines indigenous to Mesoamerica. Genome analysis suggests that dogs ...

The U.S. Army K-9 Corps, which trained more than 10,000 dogs to serve several branches of the American military in World War II, began barking orders to its four-legged foot soldiers on this day in ...

A white-haired dog with a carrot in its mouth. Compared to the projected $82 billion dog food market Hypercube Insights forecasts by 2026, the origins of the domesticated dog’s diet are quite humble.