A new study published in Animal Cognition suggests that while dogs appear more affectionate and submissive than wolves during greetings with humans, these differences may not be solely due to ...

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

A new study by an international research team led by Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Max Planck Institute for ...

Dogs have a special chemistry with humans that goes back many tens of thousands of years. Researchers investigated this special evolutionary relationship from a number of different angles. Their ...

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 facial structure of a dog has changed as they have become domesticated, according to new research. Researchers claim domesticated dogs have evolved facial muscles that can twitch at a faster rate ...

Learn more about the health benefits dogs can provide, both physically and mentally, and how this could have an impact on how ...