New analysis of 11,000-year-old dog skulls is forcing scientists to redraw the timeline of how wolves became the animals that ...

Modern pet dogs are not just changing on the outside, with ever more specialized shapes and sizes, they are also quietly ...

Come face-to-face with a pug and you’re likely left wondering what type of bone structure could support such an oddly dome-shaped dog head. Well, researchers at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University have the ...

Scientists have long wondered when the domestication of dogs first started. Dogs are believed to be the first domesticated species — before cows, pigs, sheep, or plants like wheat.

When Danielle Dymek goes to the barn to feed her horses, her 10-year-old Dachshund Patches usually comes along for the ride. A senior dog, Patches needs some help getting around. For the most part, ...

A 9-year-old dog has a new skull and a cancer-free life because of 3D printing. Patches, the cancer-stricken dachshund, is feeling better thanks to researchers at a Canadian university. Dr. Michelle ...

Four months ago, a dog in east Birmingham showed up at home with a human skull, which was later determined to have a gunshot wound to the head. That same dog has now dragged home what could be another ...

New research shows that domestic dogs began diversifying at least 11,000 years ago, long before modern breeding. A major ...

A major archaeological investigation has uncovered when domestic dogs first started developing the wide range of shapes and sizes familiar today ...