It's very hard condense my favourite tracks of the last year down to twenty-five but here are the ones that have stayed with ...

When you glance at the variety of dog breeds, it's easy to think they're all vastly different. From tiny Chihuahuas to ...

Genetic sharing among evolutionary neighbors all happens through hybrids: the offspring produced when individuals from two ...

This is the fourth part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read Part 1,  Part 2 and Part 3.

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

Pet owners have long joked that their dogs and cats are starting to look alike, but new research suggests that convergence is ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Dogs and cats are evolving to share striking features. What’s behind this growing similarity? It may surprise you.

Is your dog constantly tucking treats under your sofa or burying toys in the garden? You might think they're behaving like a paranoid doomsday prepper - but there's a reason for it, experts say.