Dogs are the oldest domesticated animals. They are also the only animals that have been known to accompany humans in different environments and eras no matter the geographical location of the ...

Long before human beings domesticated chickens, bred cattle, and raised camels, llamas, goats, bison, sheep, ducks, and lambs, they formed a relationship with an animal that would become early man's ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

The domestication of dogs began around 15,000 years ago, when wolves first started to be domesticated by humans. It is believed that early humans tamed wolves and eventually bred them to create the ...

The history of dogs has been intertwined, since ancient times, with that of the humans who domesticated them. But how far back does that history go in the Americas, and which route did dogs use to ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Long before written history, early families moving across Eurasia kept dogs close as companions and helpers. A sweeping new study offers the clearest evidence yet that the history of dogs is ...

On Oct. 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration—commonly known as NASA—opened its doors for business. The inauguration came months after U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower signed the ...

A white-haired dog with a carrot in its mouth. Compared to the projected $82 billion dog food market Hypercube Insights forecasts by 2026, the origins of the domesticated dog’s diet are quite humble.

Researchers analyzed the dog's mitochondrial genome, and concluded that the animal belonged to a lineage of dogs whose evolutionary history diverged from that of Siberian dogs as early as 16,700 years ...