Assistance dogs are active caregivers, according to a new study by the University of Turku and Aalto University in Finland.

Among dog breeds, Nova Scotia duck tolling retrievers (tollers) have an unusually high rate of Addison's disease, a condition ...

A long-shared history links humans and dogs, a relationship that began more than 15,000 years ago when early wolves sought food and shelter near human settlements and gradually adapted to life ...

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 ...

Nova Scotia duck tolling retrievers can inherit a form of Addison's disease, in which the immune system attacks adrenal glands. UC Davis researchers have now identified a gene variant associated with ...