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 ...

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 ...

Dogs were likely domesticated more than 14,000 years ago, a new study published this week found. In the largest study of canine remains to date, researchers from 17 institutions, including ...

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 ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Sugar the Surfing Dog, the first canine inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame, who spent her days outside the water comforting veterans as a dedicated therapy dog, died ...

Baggs, a 5-month-old golden retriever, was the runt of the litter. Now, she’s training to be an avalanche rescue dog. Dogs play an essential role when an avalanche strikes. Their powerful noses help ...

Dogs have been man’s best friend for a long, long time. The beloved animals were living alongside humans in western Eurasia around 14,000 to 16,000 years ago—before humans developed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...