Beyond the familiar faces of dog breeds like Labradors or German Shepherds lies a hidden world of rare and unique dog breeds.

Twelve loyal guard dog breeds combine strong protective instincts with deep affection, offering safety, companionship and lifelong devotion to their families ...

The domestic dog offers a unique opportunity to explore the genetic basis of disease, morphology and behaviour by using over 400 distinct dog breeds created by artificial selection. Dogs and humans ...

Some dogs were simply born to protect. Whether it’s guarding your home, watching over your kids, or sticking by your side like a furry bodyguard, protective dog breeds have a special instinct to keep ...

A dog running loose on a busy motorway snubbed a warm sausage roll before sprinting to B&Q. Motorists travelling on the M27 westbound ground to a halt on Friday afternoon as a dog weaved between ...

The Dandie Dinmont Terrier is one of the rarest dog breeds in the world, and its debut at the National Dog Show introduced ...

Looking for a winter companion? Discover the best cold-weather dog breeds built for snow, from Huskies to Saint Bernards.

In 2024, a ‘smug’ pug from North Carolina named Vito won Best in Show. Since the show started airing on NBC, a variety of ...

Dogs used the right brain more for negative sounds (fear, sadness) and the left brain more for positive sounds (happiness).

Genomic analysis of more than 2,700 dog and wolf genomes shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of post-domestication ...

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

To get around that, a team of researchers recently did the largest gene/behavior association study within a single dog breed.