Dogs could be undergoing a third wave of domestication driven by humans' desire for pets that are friendly, calm and well-suited to a sedentary lifestyle. Just decades ago, canines were seen as ...

in the dog park. Thousands of years of domestication couldn’t prepare dogs for this abrupt transition. However, after studying the cognition of 101 Canine Companion service-dog puppies at the Duke ...

Dog brain size relates to breed-specific behaviors, showing toy breeds with larger brain-to-body ratios than working breeds.

dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are different in form from wolves, mainly smaller and with shorter muzzles and smaller teeth.

Scientists have discovered that dogs may be entering a new wave of domestication, as humans now seek to have companions that are friendlier and calmer. A few decades ago, dogs were seen as animals ...

Why did our ancestors tame wolves? How have we ended up with so many breeds of dog, and how can we understand their role in contemporary human society? Explore the answers to these questions and many ...

Researchers from the University of Montpellier, the University of Zurich, Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, and other ...

and together they devised an experiment to replicate the earliest days of dog domestication, but using a canid that had never before been domesticated: the silver fox. From fur farms they ...

Based on an analysis of ancient DNA from domestic dogs in China, researchers have recently discovered that European dogs' influence reached Northeast China as early as 6,000 to 5,500 years ago.