The Chinook is a relatively rare dog breed that was bred in New Hampshire in the early 1900s and was used as an all-purpose ...

Dog attacks on owners represent a troubling reality that many pet lovers prefer to ignore. While we adore our four-legged ...

When the temperature drops, how do Britain’s birds, beasts and plants keep the cold at bay? John Lewis-Stempel reveals Nature’s own thermals.

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The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...

The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...

Dogs weren’t always companions lounging on couches. Many breeds were created with a job in mind, such as tracking scent ...

Pups may love snuggles and treats, but if there’s one thing that truly brings out their inner joy, it’s an exciting game of fetch. From throwing a tennis ball across the yard to tossing a stick into a ...

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

Two studies provide scientists with a more comprehensive understanding of how early dogs were domesticated as they migrated around the world alongside humans ...

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