Our voice affects dogs more than we realize—and anger seems to have the strongest effect on them, a new study has found.

Every dog owner might like to think their furry companion is the cutest, but scientists have now revealed which pets really ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent reports of stray dogs with bright blue fur near an abandoned chemical plant in Russia have inadvertently shined a new light ...

New DNA research reveals most pet dogs - yes, even the tiny breeds - still carry faint traces of ancient wolf ancestry.

A study proposes that aging may impact the genome of dogs and humans in similar ways. Researchers analyzed the genomes of 104 labrador retrievers between the ages of 4 weeks and 16 years old. Break ...

What’s furry, cute, and may have ancestral ties to ancient wolves? Possibly, your dog. Researchers at the New York-based American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

A new study looks into the deep past of dogs. More than 3,000 years ago, in what is now Kazakhstan, six dogs were laid carefully in the ground. Were they beloved pets? Sacrifices, since they seem to ...

If you have to spell out 'W-A-L-K' to keep your dog from bouncing off the walls, scientists say you are not alone. New research shows that some brainy pooches can learn new words just by eavesdropping ...

About two-thirds of modern dog breeds carry some wolf ancestry introduced within the past few thousand years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...