A jawbone fragment from a Swiss cave, buried for more than 14,000 years, has shaken up one of the longest-running debates in ...

Two studies published in Nature on March 25, 2026, have extracted and analyzed ancient DNA from more than 200 dog and wolf ...

Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago.

Hunting companion, alarm system, loyal partner? The history of dogs by our side may have begun much earlier than we long ...

A recent study published in Nature shows that early dogs in Europe were not just widespread, but also travelled alongside ...

Within the FCI, dog breeds are neatly packaged into groups based primarily upon the dog’s type and function. Yet nothing precludes a border collie (Group 1: Sheepdogs) from hunting upland birds or a ...

University of Oxford researchers have contributed to a new study which has uncovered the earliest genetic evidence for the existence of dogs. Using ...

An animal park in Kent has explained why it made the decision to euthanise a pack of five wolves. Since 2018, Wildwood Animal ...

Dogs were the only domesticated animals present in Europe before agriculture.

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Long before humans developed their love of cats, Paleolithic hunter-gatherers were very much dog people. According to new ...