Dogs, often called humanity’s best friend, have a long and fascinating history that dates back tens of thousands of years. The domestication of dogs began with their ancestors: wolves.

Despite the diversity of domestic dogs, these animals share an evolutionary history and behavioral traits. The oldest fossil that scientists agree came from a dog, rather than a wolf, comes from a ...

The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects intense, purposeful interbreeding of dogs in the past 150 years. At the same time, the entire history of dogs and their relationship with ...

But how many human visitors delve into the parallel history of dogs? Dogs have been part of the Fort Vancouver story from the very start. Park Ranger Ada Gonzalez has developed a new way for ...

Ollie looked at news articles, research journals, and historical sources to outline the major milestones in the history of dog food and nutrition. The nutritional needs of dogs began diverging ...

For many dog breeds, working is fortunately a thing of the past. Although there are still some canines used for specific jobs—for instance, to herd sheep, to sniff out drugs, and to guide blind ...

We learn this and much more from “The History of Sled Dogs in North America,” a new book edited and mostly written by one-woman Alaska history machine Helen Hegener, who operates Northern ...