There are seemingly countless dog breeds, but did you know some have been extinct for a long time? Here are 14 fascinating ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...

Research Reveals DNA From Fossilised Dingo Remains Sheds New Light on Its Ancestry With Modern Dog Breeds The dingo breed of ...

Despite being bipedal, Lucy’s running capacity was slow and energetically inefficient compared to modern humans.

I’m sure most people believe that our access to such an abundance of food filling every stall, counter and casement of every supermarket carrying tens of thousands of products means we eat ...

"Lucy," our 3.2 million-year-old hominin relative, couldn't run very fast, according to a new study. But modeling her running ability has provided new insights into the evolution of human anatomy ...

The traditional Maltese nativity crib is increasingly being showcased on overseas platforms as far as the US. International recognition of the unique tradition reflects the growth in popularity of ...

With a population over 15 million, Baladi dogs are everywhere—and often mistreated or killed. But that’s starting to change. The Egyptian god Anubis is often shown with the head of a dog in ...

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Nobody thought that a 'family-friendly' dog like Hunter would ever be a danger to baby Arabella. The 18-month-old puppy would regularly join the infant in her travel cot, nuzzling and sniffing at ...

Ancient human relatives ran on two legs, like modern humans, but at a much slower pace, suggest 3D computer simulations of Australopithecus afarensis 1 — a small hominin that lived more than ...

If you watched the Superman teaser trailer and thought, Wait, Superman has a dog now?, yes: The Man of Steel has had a furry best friend, Krypto, since 1955. The red-caped white dog has just been left ...