The most gentle dog breeds are calm and compassionate, and seem to innately know when they need to pump the brakes. These ...

Ciara Farrell, a Kennel Club Historian, tells Country Living: "Dog ‘breeds’, as we know them today, are a fairly modern ...

Each year, nearly 2,000 of the country’s top American Kennel Club–sanctioned dogs compete across 205 breeds from seven groups ...

Wolf-dog hybrids are bred by crossing domestic dogs with wolves, sometimes just a few generations back. They carry physical traits and instincts that set them far apart from standard breeds. These ...

Distinct domestic dog types could have started developing thousands of years before modern breeding, archaeologists find.

Anyone in the market for a dog can understand how hard it is to figure out which is the one you should take home with you. There are many factors to consider — and it’s tough looking past all of the ...

A surprising diversity of dog shapes and sizes evolved long before the Victorians began making modern breeds Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great ...

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 ...

Looking for a dog that’s a little different? These underrated dog breeds are sweet, smart, and full of personality.

Dogs transformed from wolves during the Stone Age, study finds - Dogs developed stockier faces and shorter snouts shortly ...