Ancient humans and canines formed deep bonds long before the invention of farms or modern pet toys. Evidence from DNA and ...

The same biological signals that help predict lifespan in humans also appear in dogs, according to new research from the Dog Aging Project — a finding that could help scientists better understand ...

Few questions in the history of science feel as quietly personal as this one, when exactly did dogs become ours? For decades, ...

Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago. Two new genetic analyses combed the archaeological record for domestic dogs ...

While an increasingly small number of people, especially academic researchers, try to argue that nonhuman animals (animals) don’t really make friends, most people, including both researchers and ...

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Humans can communicate various instructions to dogs without using actual words—simply by modulating the tone of their voice, ...

Unseen but all around us, the air we breathe in enclosed spaces is crucial to our health and well-being. Indoor air is not simply outdoor air that has been run through a filter: it has its own ...