Dogs were likely domesticated more than 14,000 years ago, a new study published this week found. In the largest study of canine remains to date, researchers from 17 institutions, including ...

Authorities are investigating a dog bite Thursday near Wake Forest that ended with shots fired. According to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a reported dog biting a child ...

The owners of a pit bull terrier said Thursday they saw their dog was getting too aggressive, and are remorseful that he bit five people over the course of several weeks in Smithfield. Police say five ...

Living alongside humans changed both how dogs behave and how they look. Research shows that domestic dogs developed a small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genetic evidence shows the earliest known dogs lived closely with their human masters [Kevin Church] A fragment of a jawbone found ...

The origins of how dogs became man's best friend across large swaths of the globe are becoming more clear. Dogs may have been widely distributed throughout western Eurasia at least 14,200 years ago, ...

Genetic evidence shows the earliest known dogs lived closely with their human masters A fragment of a jawbone found deep underground in a cave in Somerset has rewritten the story of when and how dogs ...

Dogs in Europe had been domesticated from wild wolves by at least 14,200 years ago, two new genetic studies suggest. The two studies are a “significant advance” in understanding how dogs evolved from ...