Tamaskan dogs look a lot like huskies and are sometimes even called Tams or Tamaskan huskies. However, they have shorter coats that are a bit sleeker than a husky, with long snouts and long legs that ...

Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found. While wild dog-wolf hybrids had previously only been suspected through ...

The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in place roughly 10,000 years ago, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes As a ...

Relations between dogs and people are so normal and pervasive as to pass almost unregarded. Yet viewed objectively, this ...

On a wind-battered rock in the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have uncovered a puzzle that cuts to the heart of how dogs first ...

Most people probably wouldn’t mistake the average dog for a lion. After all, dogs are canines and lions are felines, so the distinction is pretty clear, right? Nevertheless, some dog breeds that look ...

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