Border collies are best known for their herding skills and for being widely considered the smartest of them all. Rakestraw, ...

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 ...

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

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

Scientists have long wondered when the domestication of dogs first started. Dogs are believed to be the first domesticated species — before cows, pigs, sheep, or plants like wheat.

Susan Friend LeTourneur is founder of Golden Years Dog Sanctuary, a nonprofit dog and cat rescue on a former 11-acre horse farm in Kagel Canyon in Sylmar, who, along with her husband Paul, has rescued ...

Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...

Just like humans, dogs manifest their own unique personalities early on, and these personalities may not change for the ...

Man's best friend is increasingly being abandoned on the street, often by people facing financial hardships who can no longer afford to feed or house them. "Animal shelters generally reflect what is ...

SACRAMENTO — The Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento is asking the public to beware of three husky-mix dogs on the loose in south Natomas that are responsible for killing a cat and biting a dog.