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A dog crashed the course during a women’s cross-country race at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 18. As two skiers ...

Pets feel like a modern comfort, but their origins stretch back tens of thousands of years. Wolves became dogs long before agriculture, while cats likely domesticated themselves around early farms.

Canine cancer patients receiving a new form of immunotherapy lived longer or shorter depending on the composition of their microbiome, the community of organisms living in their gut. Results of the ...

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There’s a lot we don’t know about how and when dogs were first domesticated. But we do know that the process made dogs very different from their wild cousins, in some unexpected ways. Hosted by: Micha ...

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Dogs were domesticated around 11,000 years ago. Until recently, it was thought that breed diversity emerged in Victorian times. Recent studies of dog skulls have shown that diversity actually started ...

Dogs have a very special bond with humans. They were the first mammal to be domesticated, and we have fashioned them into many different shapes and sizes to fulfil different roles. Wherever you find ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Mystic Krewe of Barkus announced the selection of its Grand Marshal for the 2026 parade. The krewe’s Celebrity Grand Marshal is the “First Dog of New Orleans” Nacho Moreno, ...

Oscar is a charming 4.5-year-old tabby who wins hearts the moment you meet him. This affectionate boy truly loves being close to his people and is happiest when he’s soaking up attention. One of Oscar ...

Two wolf-hybrids, or wolfdogs, that were discovered abandoned in Lorain County have found their forever home at a santuary in New Mexico. Members of the Friendship Animal Protective League picked the ...