Everyone knows the old adage about dogs being man's best friend, but you may not know that dogs might also be one of man's best hopes to treat age-related illnesses. That's because our canines develop ...

When the Rowe family – mother Tara, father Jason, and daughter Eloise – saw their dog Ralph for the first time at an adoption event in 2012, they knew they wanted him instantly. "We were like, 'Ralph, ...

Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago. Two new genetic analyses combed the archaeological record for domestic dogs ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another. By Emily Anthes In the waning days of the ...

The group also included Golden Retrievers, Labradors and Pekinese dogs. A viral video showed seven dogs walking on a highway in Jilin, China Social media claimed the dogs escaped from illegal dog-meat ...

If it feels like you're seeing the same few dog breeds everywhere lately, it's not your imagination. Each year, the American Kennel Club releases a list of the most popular dog breeds in the country, ...

Research finds cockapoo, cavapoo and labradoodle dogs display more undesirable behaviours than breeds they derive from The UK has oodles of doodles but a study might offer paws for thought: ...

Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age They are humankind’s best friend, and now ancient DNA analysis has revealed that the ...

A pack of stolen dogs made a long journey home, sticking together until they reached their families. RIZUKO0011 on YouTube Seven village dogs stolen by suspected dog meat traders in northeastern China ...

In this dog-eat-dog world, these plucky pups refuse to meat their maker. Every dog has its day. But today, seven cunning canines are being celebrated, worldwide, after joining forces and fleeing a ...

The oldest dog genomes on record all come from a population that lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across Europe and the Middle East. The remains, from the United Kingdom, Switzerland and ...