A gene linked to obesity in Labradors is the same one found in humans, scientists say. The discovery could help researchers understand how genes influence appetite and weight gain.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified a bunch of genes linked to obesity in dogs – and found the very ...

The saying dogs take after their owners may be truer than we thought. Dogs and humans have been discovered to share genes ...

This insatiable appetite is a quirk of the Labrador breed, encoded in their genes. It’s one of the reasons why labs are particularly prone to obesity. And according to a new study at the University of ...

Attention all you Star Wars fans, or really anyone of a fan of a big boy, because we got us one big 'ol boy in the form of a ...

Pippa flops by the Aga oven chewing on a stick. At just 12 weeks old, this Labrador retriever puppy looks cute but clueless.

Ginny Hajdukiewicz died more than 30 years ago but her legacy lives on, meaning the lives of animals continue to be saved.

A new study published in Science found that British Labrador retrievers have multiple genes related to canine obesity, of ...