HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Sugar the Surfing Dog, the first canine inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame, who spent her days outside the water comforting veterans as a dedicated therapy dog, died ...

Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago. Two new genetic analyses combed the archaeological record for domestic dogs ...

Everyone knows the old adage about dogs being man's best friend, but you may not know that dogs might also be one of man's best hopes to treat age-related illnesses. That's because our canines develop ...

When the Rowe family – mother Tara, father Jason, and daughter Eloise – saw their dog Ralph for the first time at an adoption event in 2012, they knew they wanted him instantly. "We were like, 'Ralph, ...

The dog, a 2-year-old Czechoslovakian wolfdog named Nazgul, wandered onto the stadium course in Tesero during the qualifying event, spotted a couple of athletes on the finishing straight and decided ...

There was a dog on the course at the women's team cross-country free sprint on Wednesday. During the qualification race, a dog wandered onto the course and followed Croatia's Tena Hadzic and Argentina ...

Nearly half of U.S. households have one, and practically all owners see pets as part of the family – 51% say pets belong “as much as a human member.” The pet industry keeps generating more and more ...

Researchers found that teens who had dogs were more sociable than those who didn't, and said it could be due to sharing microbes Getty A recent study found that having a dog at home may boost the ...

Most dog owners are aware that their pooch is smart enough to know a few choice phrases—“walkies,” for instance, or, perhaps more likely, “time for dinner.” Some particularly intelligent canines can ...

The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest member of the canine family with fur ranging from gray to brown, black or white. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

From village dogs to toy poodles to mastiffs, dogs come in an astonishing array of shapes, colours and sizes. Today there are estimated to be about 700 million dogs living with or around humans. To ...