- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Smaranda Biliuti
- August 2nd, 2010
Repeated Breeding Changes Dog Brains
The reorganization of dogs' brains has been caused by humans, over the last 12,000 years
- Health
- By Smaranda Biliuti
- July 30th, 2010
More than Half of Pet Dogs Are Obese
Obesity is a phenomenon that, just like in humans, has specific causes
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 15th, 2010
Middle East Is the Home of Small Dogs
These breeds appeared in the area millennia ago
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 9th, 2010
How Sled Dogs Reprogram Their Bodies
To meet the rigors of ice racing
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 26th, 2010
Why Dogs' Heads Vary So Much in Shape and Size
Selective breeding has played an important part
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 7th, 2010
Gene Behind Dogs' Compulsive Disorder Found
It lies on chromosome 7
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 14th, 2009
Human Gestures Still Awake Memories in Dingos
The dogs went wild thousands of years ago
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 10th, 2009
Explaining Dogs' Acute Sense of Smell
Their sniffers are especially constructed for this
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 28th, 2009
How Dogs Get Their Natural Hairdos
It is inscribed in their genetic material
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 18th, 2009
Dogs Cannot Read Owners' Minds, Study Shows
Despite millennia of domestication
- Sci Pry
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 10th, 2009
Dogs Are Just as Intelligent as Two-Year-Old Children
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific study
- Sci Pry
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 4th, 2009
The Origin of Popular Dog Breeds
Study reveals the effects of domestication on diversity
- Behavior/Humans
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 21st, 2009
Infants Understand Different Dog Barks
Even if they were not previously exposed to the animals
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 25th, 2009
How Dogs Don't Flip When Accelerating
They are subjected to the same forces as cars
- Sci Pry
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 27th, 2009
Dogs Are More Like Humans than Primates
On account of our common evolutionary paths
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