Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog ...

The Chinook is a relatively rare dog breed that was bred in New Hampshire in the early 1900s and was used as an all-purpose sled dog. At one point there were said to be only 28 of these dogs remaining ...

Referring to dogs as “man’s best friend” is more than just hyperbole – canines have been invaluable companions throughout ...

Genomic analysis of more than 2,700 dog and wolf genomes shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of post-domestication ...

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

In 2024, a ‘smug’ pug from North Carolina named Vito won Best in Show. Since the show started airing on NBC, a variety of ...

A recent study revealed that a majority of modern-day dog breeds had close contact with wolves several thousand years ago ...

Except that the research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS), found that just two-thirds of ...

Two studies provide scientists with a more comprehensive understanding of how early dogs were domesticated as they migrated around the world alongside humans ...

The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...

The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...

Britney Eurton takes a look at all of the rare dog breeds at the 2025 National Dog Show, including the Otter Hound and the ...