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 ...
Dogs have a very special bond with humans. They were the first mammal to be domesticated, and we have fashioned them into ...
Modern wolves and dogs both descend from an ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears. Iza Lyson/500px Prime via Getty Images Dogs were the first of any species that ...
Kylie M. Cairns receives funding from the Australian Dingo Foundation, the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, the ACT government and donations from the general public. She is a director of the ...
Can dogs communicate a range of emotions to humans through facial expressions? Researchers say yes. A new study discovered a key factor that separates wolves from dogs involving two specialized facial ...
One of the merits of A Dog’s World by Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff—both long-time bloggers for Psychology Today—is the way the authors manage, in looking at what might become of dogs were humans to ...
Learn how heartworm disease became widespread in dogs, reflecting an evolutionary history that spans back to ancient times.