Two companion papers published in Nature have identified the oldest genomes ever recovered from domestic dogs, tracing a single ancestral population that spread across western Eurasia between 18,500 ...

Two studies published in Nature report that domestic dogs lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across western Eurasia as early as 15,800 years ago, pushing back the genetic confirmation of dog ...

A German shorthaired pointer discovered an ancient bone on a New Jersey beach. Matthew Gregg and his son took the bone to the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum. The bone was preserved because it was likely ...

The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature’s most enduring partnerships, but exactly when it began has long been a mystery. Now, a new study has turned back the clock. By uncovering the ...

Odin was a kelpie. Attentive and protective, with a happy smile and an endless hope for food, he succumbed to a terminal disease late last year. At his death, a deep sense of grief ripped through the ...

New analysis of the remains of two 'puppies' dating back more than 14,000 years ago has shown that they are most likely wolves, and not related to domestic dogs, as previously suggested. The genetic ...

For decades a fossil found entombed in a rock in an Oregon museum collection was thought to belong to a sheep or pig ancestor. But scientists have now discovered that it is the most complete remains ...