For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — Dogs and cats might seem worlds apart, but scientists have discovered that our beloved pets have independently evolved nearly identical skull shapes despite being separated by 50 ...

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 ...

Learn how DNA from 14,200-year-old dogs shows they lived in Europe before farming and traces their ancestry to eastern wolves ...

Geneticists are pushing back the timeline of when people first domesticated dogs in Europe. Using the DNA from over 200 ancient dogs, geneticists found that we domesticated our best friends over ...

For centuries, humans have wondered just how intelligent dogs truly are. To the casual observer, a wagging tail or a tilted ...

“Poop is central to the story of how dogs came into our lives," write Duke University dog researchers Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods in their wonderful new book, Survival of the Friendliest: ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor in northern Ukraine—then part of the Soviet ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...