Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

New research shows that domestic dogs began diversifying at least 11,000 years ago, long before modern breeding. A major ...

Scientists don't know exactly how wolves were domesticated into early dogs, but it's possible that they domesticated themselves by choosing to coexist with humans so that, a new study finds, they ...

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The domestication of dogs began around 15,000 years ago, when wolves first started to be domesticated by humans. It is believed that early humans tamed wolves and eventually bred them to create the ...

A new study suggests that raccoons living near humans are showing physical changes in line with the earliest stages of ...

Selection is based on breeding the ones most useful. They don't even need that knowledge. Keep & feed only the ones that are useful and not dangerous to the handler (for guard dogs a vicious reaction ...

If you’ve ever joked that your lap dog was ferocious or your furry friend has got some wolf in her, you might be right. A ...

Scientists have long wondered when the domestication of dogs first started. Dogs are believed to be the first domesticated ...

New analysis of 11,000-year-old dog skulls is forcing scientists to redraw the timeline of how wolves became the animals that ...