From Pekingese to St. Bernard and greyhound, dogs come in such startling variety it's easy to forget they belong to the same species. The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Science of Dogs blog compared popular dog breeds from the 1915 book "Dogs of All Nations" to their current day counterparts. Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi ...

Dogs are evolving to better fit into modern human lives, a study by Sweden's Linköping University has revealed. ...

The mitochondrial genome was used because of earlier work by Vilà that showed the nuclear genomes of dogs and wolves to be too similar to study their molecular evolution. On the other hand ...

it could be evolution's way of manipulating your feelings. Researchers have found that dogs have evolved muscles around their eyes, which allow them to make expressions that particularly appeal to ...

And among the creatures, there are a lot of feral dogs. Now, approaching 40 years since the disaster, scientists are exploring how the explosion and subsequent exposure to radiation may have impacted ...

These dogs, descendants of pets left behind during ... might have shaped their genomes — and possibly even sped up evolution. The research analysed the DNA of 302 feral dogs living at the ...

there are a lot of feral dogs. Now, approaching 40 years since the disaster, scientists are exploring how the explosion and subsequent exposure to radiation may have impacted on the evolution of ...