Selective breeding appears to have broadly reshaped the brain networks dogs use to process human voices, words and other ...

How have selectively breeding dogs across decades and individual training shaped the way that dogs communicate? New from JNeurosci, researchers at Harvard University, led by Mélina Cordeau, sought to ...

The American Kennel Club website describes the ideal form and temperament of 204 dog breeds, from the affenpinscher (“loyal, curious and famously amusing”) to the Yorkshire terrier (“feisty, brave and ...

Dogs have been around humans for over 30,000 years and have earned themselves the title of humans’ best friends. Since being domesticated, the species has undergone dramatic changes due to selective ...

For the past couple of centuries, humans have been breeding dogs to meet specific physical characteristics -- to make Golden Retrievers fluffy, to make Rottweilers muscular, or to make Chihuahuas tiny ...

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Breed is a weak predictor of dog behavior, according to a study published Thursday in Science. Researchers sequenced the DNA of 2,155 dogs to identify their ancestry and surveyed owners on the dogs’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anyone who's read the results of a doggy DNA test knows our canine BFFs are more complicated than they appear. Many dogs, ...