If you follow me back in time to roughly 60 million years ago, you will see a little creature that resembles a weasel scuttling across the forests of what is now Asia. The cherished fuzzy friends who ...

Humans domesticated dogs thousands of years earlier than initially thought, according to new research. Analyses of canine bones in Alaska suggests man and dog were living together much earlier than ...

The bond between humans and dogs is legendary, an extraordinary connection that can form between species. We've all heard stories of our canine counterparts' unwavering loyalty, heartwarming ...

Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great Dane, corgi to greyhound, pug to German shepherd. In fact, the domestic dog, Canis familiaris, shows more ...

Can Dogs Have Doggy Best Friends? A Vet Explains originally appeared on Parade Pets. Many of us recognize that dogs will choose a certain human to bond with, even when there's more than one human in ...

As the old saying goes, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But as one organization has shown over the course of five decades, a dog can become a veteran’s new best friend. This past Fourth of July ...

Delight in dogs with snapshots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries text by Tracy Scott Forson photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Boston terriers are said ...

They’re known as man’s best friends, fur babies, pooches. But the most widely used word for these beloved animals — “dog” — is also a great linguistic mystery. “The most everyday, commonplace words ...