When we first started living with dogs is a hard moment in history to pinpoint. It looks likely that by 30,000 years ago we had some form of relationship with the animals, though the nature of this ...

An analysis of ancient dog burials finds that the typical prehistoric dog owner ate a lot of seafood, had spiritual beliefs, and wore jewelry that sometimes wound up on the dog. The study, published ...

MEXICO CITY — Archaeologists on Friday announced the discovery of “an exceptional” old burial site under an apartment building in Mexico City containing the remains of 12 dogs, animals that had a ...

As pack animals, dogs have a natural drive to bury important possessions like bones and food. Burying things also provides stimulation, so dogs might hide toys and food when bored or stressed. To keep ...

Chewing bones is a favorite pastime of dogs. If a bone is very beloved, the dog might even bury it. To humans, this behavior may seem odd, so why do dogs invest so much energy in burying their prized ...

Americans love their pet dogs — all 78 million of them, in fact. Caring for pet pups is a tradition in the Americas that stretches back millennia, though scientists only recently discovered exactly ...

The skeleton of an aboriginal dog was exhumed at CA-ORA-1055, a lakeside camp site, whose occupants focused on local resource extraction in Laguna Canyon central Orange County, California. The burial ...

Coinciding with the Pit Grave culture (4200-3600 years before our era), coming from Southern Europe, the Neolithic communities of the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula started a ceremonial activity ...

SALISBURY — All around Salisbury, the drives across town were exciting, just anticipating going to a new place and meeting new friends. And it seemed like their humans were excited, too. Dogs and ...

A successful avalanche rescue of a dog on Berthoud Pass is a reminder of the dangers of the backcountry. Robert White, who posted the GoPro footage on his YouTube channel, explained in the video ...

The discovery of a lynx buried with four dogs at an early-medieval settlement in Hungary is confounding archaeologists, as these wild cats are rarely found in archaeological digs. The ...