If you find yourself chatting with your dog as though they completely understand every word, you're not alone, and according ...
Two new studies suggest the story of dogs and their relationship with humans is older and more complex than once thought.
Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and might have ...
London, Ont., resident Meg Jarvis is teaching her dog, Ruby, to communicate by using a set of special buttons. Each button ...
The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in ...
Dogs thrive in calm environments. Sure, some dogs love to go crazy and play rough with certain people. However, the majority ...
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Franz Kafka’s Best Friend

Kafka’s late story about a philosopher dog, like most of his stories about animals, is really about our lost humanity.
These dogs are basically people—and it's absolutely priceless.
Biologist and archaeologist Allowen Evin, of CNRS, and her colleagues compared the size and shape of 643 skulls from dogs and wolves: 158 from modern dogs, 86 from modern wolves, and 391 from ...
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The climate paradox of having a dog on Nov 14, 2025. This ...
ENTER THE MEMBERS OF THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY COMFORT DOGS PROGRAM, SEEN DURING A RECENT VISIT TO WCVB. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS O ...
We often attribute this diversity to a relatively recent phenomenon: the Victorian kennel clubs that first emerged around 200 years ago. These clubs are usually credited with formalising the selective ...