Like the latest iPhone model, new dog breeds drop all the time. In early 2025, the American Kennel Club officially announced the Danish-Swedish Farmdog as the 202nd recognized dog breed. It’s only the ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

Can dogs communicate a range of emotions to humans through facial expressions? Researchers say yes. A new study discovered a key factor that separates wolves from dogs involving two specialized facial ...

In an effort to explain how dogs evolved into the brazen, adorable mooches we know and love, scientists have identified a few genetic mutations that may be behind their friendly personalities. The new ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia. Domesticated species are the plants and animals that have evolved to live ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would represent a serious danger to nomads and herders, who ironically often ...

The Netflix documentary “Inside the Mind of the Dog,” aired Aug. 9, features the Duke Canine Cognition Center and the Duke Puppy Kindergarten, highlighting the bonds between humans and dogs. The ...

Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences ...

The remarkable surge in genetic technology has now allowed us to look at dogs and dog breeds in a whole new way. We can not only determine the wild canine ancestral species from which our dogs were ...

Kylie M. Cairns receives funding from the Australian Dingo Foundation, the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, the ACT government and donations from the general public. She is a director of the ...