They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have become dogs in as little as 8,000 years.

Not only that, but he also frequently goes out to socialise with real dogs while wearing a collar, and no one recognises that a human is disguised as a dog. Last year, he added a new "skin ...

For the human majority, dogs hold a special place in comparison with our relationships to other animal species. Scientific evidence suggests that dogs were the earliest animal domesticated by man.

Pippa flops by the Aga oven chewing on a stick. At just 12 weeks old, this Labrador retriever puppy looks cute but clueless.