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 ...

As human groups migrated and settled across Holocene Eurasia, dogs often traveled with them, researchers report in a new genomic study – and sometimes dogs were traded among populations. The study ...

Animals played a significant role in ancient Greek life, initially for practical use and gradually extending beyond that.

From folktales to epics dogs appear again and again beside humanity. Long before modern science explained canine behaviour or ...

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 ...

Dogs began diversifying thousands of years earlier than previously believed, with clear differences in size and shape ...

Like the latest iPhone model, new dog breeds drop all the time. In early 2025, the American Kennel Club officially announced the Danish-Swedish Farmdog as the 202nd recognized dog breed. It’s only the ...

Remains on a small island in the Baltic Sea suggest that humans kept and cared for wolves for thousands of years before they ...