The origins of modern dogs have long puzzled scientists. A team of American researchers recently shed new light on this ...

Dogs may look adorable when they snooze, but their sleeping habits actually hold fascinating clues on how living with humans ...

Dogs might be going through a new phase of domestication, shaped by people’s preference for calm, friendly companions that ...

These canines “survived for a reason,” an expert told us. But what exactly is causing these rapid genetic transformations?

Many people know that the domestication of the wolf took place in the Neolithic period. The common assumption is that humans chose the friendliest wolves and began to breed them. But what if it was ...

Whether humans are singular among animals in their use of complex language remains a hot topic among scientists in many fields. Rockefeller University researchers Robert B. Darnell and Erich D. Jarvis ...

A new bill before the Washington State Legislature has sparked intense debate among lawmakers, wildlife advocates and local ...

I had to laugh as I watched a moment as unexceptional as two coworkers exchanging good mornings or the exchange of coffee and card at a drive-through, except this seemingly mundane routine was being ...

Humans have caused the loss of the only male chimpanzee in one social group — and as a result at least one traditional ...

A team of mathematicians and statisticians from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the University of Tennessee and ...

What the findings do suggest, however, is that “the proto-domestication hypothesis cannot be rejected on the basis of time ...

They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have ...