Researchers at the University of Oxford have a surprising new finding in the study of animal domestication. A new study reveals that the transition of cats from wild hunters to…

Civilization as we know it would not exist without domesticated animals. But domestication also brought humanity a host of serious diseases that repeatedly escalated into epidemics and pandemics. A new…

A team of Spanish researchers has dated the bone of the oldest domesticated dog. Humans have been befriending their canine companions for more than 17,000 years. The discovery shows dogs…

Most people today prefer friendly, calm pets that fit a more sedentary lifestyle. Just a few decades ago, dogs were seen as working animals tasked with hunting, herding livestock, and…