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 ...

It gives new meaning to dog years. Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one particular type to be the oldest ...

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Dogs have been loyal companions to people since we made them our first domesticated animals, descending long ago from gray wolves - though precisely when, where and ...

Wolves and humans were early competitors that both hunted in packs for large prey, shared ecological niches, and could kill each other. Debate exists over the exact origin of domesticated dogs, but ...

The dogs we know and love today are members of our families, but it took thousands of years for them to settle into that role. As the first domesticated species, dogs originated 15,000-30,000 years ...

Why dogs follow their owners everywhere isn’t just affection, it’s an ancient wolf survival drive that domestication ...

Scientists continue to search for the earliest signs of domestication of dogs and try to understand why early humans were interested enough in canines to keep them as companions. A new analysis of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetic information from a 35,000-year-old wolf bone found below a frozen cliff in Siberia is shedding new light on humankind's long relationship with dogs, showing canine ...

FILE PHOTO: A woman gives her dog a kiss as they watch the sunset at Anchor Bay outside Mellieha, Malta, January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Dogs ...