Dogs seem more social and submissive than wolves, a difference long attributed to domestication. But a new study suggests ...

A team of genetics researchers has sequenced the genomes of Greenland sled dogs, or qimmeq (plural qimmit), both living and dead. Their results shed light on both the development of this breed and ...

The domestication of wolves took place over a long period of time. Ancient bones roughly 15,000 years old of dogs that we’d recognise today have been discovered in various locations. Although the ...

It gives new meaning to dog years. Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one particular type to be the oldest ...

Greenlandic sled dogs, also known as Qimmit, play while resting. Markus Trienke via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-SA-2.0 Man’s best friend has been our faithful companion for thousands of years.

They're known as man's best friends, fur babies, pooches. But the most widely used word for these beloved animals — "dog" — is also a great linguistic mystery. "The most everyday, commonplace words ...

"Beer" is really a catch-all term for a diverse group of fermented alcoholic beverages made from cereal grains. Most beer ...

The Supreme Court said in July, ‘‘There is all space for these animals, no space for humans”, telling petitioners to “open a shelter at home” if they wanted to feed strays, and later verbally directed ...

It’s no secret that dogs are one of our most beloved companions—for many, they’ve been with us through thick and thin, helping us through our darkest ...