Breed is a weak predictor of dog behavior, according to a study published Thursday in Science. Researchers sequenced the DNA of 2,155 dogs to identify their ancestry and surveyed owners on the dogs’ ...

Domestication and breeding by humans has affected dogs' abilities to use facial expressions to convey their emotions, a study has found. Researchers at Durham University discovered that modern dogs ...

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For the past couple of centuries, humans have been breeding dogs to meet specific physical characteristics -- to make Golden Retrievers fluffy, to make Rottweilers muscular, or to make Chihuahuas tiny ...

After our recent piece ‘Why Cyprus needs its cats and dogs’ on the island’s relationship with our felines and canines (Cyprus ...