With humans providing lots of easy leftover food, wolves had a great incentive to ‘self-domesticate’.
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Researchers have homed in on a number of behaviours that are associated with dominance and submission amongst groups of dogs.
In the past, owners were quick to put their pets down. Now, with many viewing pets as family members, are they waiting too long?
The morality of which animals we can and can’t eat doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Despite being initially colonised by Austronesian people, dogs from the island of Madagascar hail from Africa – unlike the humans.
After a handshake, we learned this week that we sniff our hands. But why? Hand smells are not all that interesting in themselves. This points to possibilities that you might not want to hear.
Sniffer dogs are great at finding gorillas in thick forest – but it comes at a price.
Australia’s greyhound industry is reeling from the ABC’s Four Corners expose, featuring graphic footage of racing dogs tearing other mammals apart in the illegal training practice of live baiting. The…
Every 67 seconds someone in the United States is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and new estimates suggest that it may be the third leading cause of death of older people. Alzheimer’s disease is associated…
Sometimes it may seem like your dog doesn’t want to listen. But in our study, however, we’ve found that he may understand more than he lets on. Human speech is complex, communicating not only words but…
It may surprise you to know that man’s best friend is not a friend of wildlife. Or that those cute cats from online videos are often mass killers. The dark side of pet ownership is something not usually…
Did watching 101 Dalmatians instill you with a burning desire to fill your home with dozens of monochrome puppies? A new study suggests that may often be the case. The research suggests that all those…
Are animals jealous? How would we know? Scientists are educated to have a deep scepticism about attributing sophisticated mental abilities to non-human animals. Anthropomorphism is regarded as a scientific…
Jealousy is not just a human emotion – a study has found that when owners play with a dog-like object their real canine friends…
The island of Bali has pledged to be free of the rabies by 2020 and has begun culling stray dogs in an effort to control the virus. Rabies was first detected in Bali in November 2008 and has since claimed…
The dingo has been classified as a distinct Australian wild candid, or member of the dog family, separate from dogs and wolves…
A drug that is used to manage immune diseases in humans and dogs may also be useful in treating a form of bone cancer, according…
Dogs really are our best friends. A study published today in Current Biology shows not only do dogs and humans read emotions in each other’s “voices”, but both are more attuned to “happy” sounds. And the…
It is always heart-breaking when children are injured by family dogs, and tragic when it leads to a death. Emotions understandably run high and there are calls for “something to be done”. Often the focus…
Small dogs are more likely to beg for food and mount your leg than larger breeds. A study has shown that the physical characteristics…
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