Researchers think the dog is about 12,400 years old and may have been someone’s pet before it was killed in a landslide near the Siberian village of Tumat, HuffPost Science reports. The small, ...

Not long after the extinction of the dinosaurs, a now-diverse group of animals known as carnivorans split into two large groups: caniforms (dog-like animals) and feliforms (cat-like animals) says Will ...

Contrary to popular belief, the roots of modern dog breeds extend far beyond the Victorian-era breeding efforts of the 19th century. A recent analysis has revealed that these breeds trace their ...

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, ...

Domestic dogs are among the most diverse mammals on the planet. From the tiny chihuahua to the towering great dane, the flat-faced pug to the long-muzzled borzoi, the sheer range of canine shapes and ...

Dogs in Europe had been domesticated from wild wolves by at least 14,200 years ago, two new genetic studies suggest. The two studies are a “significant advance” in understanding how dogs evolved from ...

You don't have to walk by a dog park to know that domestic dogs come in all shapes and sizes. From two-pound Chihuahuas to 150-pound Newfoundlands, chunky Labradors to slender Vizlas, our canine ...