Dogs and wolves living today derive from a shared ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears ...

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 ...

Long before cities and civilization, early humans took a revolutionary step: they domesticated animals. This documentary explores how wolves became dogs, how goats and pigs were tamed, how cattle, ...

Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds.

Two studies provide scientists with a more comprehensive understanding of how early dogs were domesticated as they migrated around the world alongside humans ...

DNA analysis, radiocarbon dating, and advanced measuring techniques are helping scientists learn where dogs came from and when they became our best friends. Our relationship with dogs goes back tens ...

A study published in the journal Evolution investigated brain size in both modern and ancient dog breeds. The research team ...

A while ago, on a warm summer evening in Northern Poland, I went into the forest with my dog. I walked for a while on forest trails and didn't realize that the sun had set. Eventually, I had to admit ...