Researchers studied 3,000-year-old skeletal remains from Mongolia to understand the origins of veterinary dental practices.

European settlers likely wiped out these ancient dogs, but the animals seem to have left a lasting legacy in a transmissible canine cancer.

Researchers found a previously undiscovered hepadnavirus in an immunocompromised cat.

Researchers pinpoint the genes that make pooches so dang affable.

A new genetic analysis contradicts a 2016 study proposing that our canine companions were domesticated from two distinct populations.

Genetic variants on chromosome 26 appears to play a role in a dog’s tendency to turn to people for help.

Sequencing more than 150 yeast genomes, scientists describe distinct lineages cultivated by humans for making beer and wine.

A study suggests that wolves were transformed into man’s best friend more than once, in Asia and in Europe or the Near East.

The selection of traits suitable for human companionship may have dragged along some unfavorable alleles.