A new scientific review tackles an age-old question: could dogs ever learn to talk? While barking out full sentences might ...

The domestication of wolves took place over a long period of time. Ancient bones roughly 15,000 years old of dogs that we’d recognise today have been discovered in various locations. Although the ...

Scientists suggest that dogs are entering a new phase of evolution, marked by a third wave of domestication driven by humans' ...

There is a good chance that many of you watching right now have a dog somewhere nearby. But what do you actually know about where dogs come from? You're probably aware they evolved from wolves..but ...

From their wolf ancestors to today’s sweet, loyal companions, dogs’ social intelligence has been shaped over millennia, uniquely attuned to humans compared to other domesticated or wild species.

Kylie M. Cairns receives funding from the Australian Dingo Foundation, the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, the ACT government and donations from the general public. She is a director of the ...

Since the Middle Ages, the size of wild and domestic animals has largely been shaped by human selection: domestic animals are increasingly larger; wild animals increasingly smaller. During the 7,000 ...

Named Dogxim, the acronym comes precisely from its origin: dog (in English, “dog”) and graxaim do campo (pampas fox in Portuguese). Its discovery was a matter of fate. It was hit by a vehicle and ...

Dear reader, I love science and research, especially the current studies that are being done with canines. Dr. Brian Hare from Duke University is the foremost researcher in canine cognitive ...