Articles
History, look-alikes, and the odd jobs dogs have done, written from the breed standards and the record. Every article lists its sources.
A sick Ice Age puppy, disputed skulls and a cancer from a lost lineage: what genetics and archaeology say about when and where wolves turned into dogs.
Siberian Husky · Alaskan Malamute · Chihuahua · Basset Hound · Mastiff · Shiba Inu · Great Dane
They share a postcode, a colour palette and a fondness for snow, but one was built to race and the other to haul. Here's how to tell them apart, according to the people who write the rules.
Siberian Husky · Alaskan Malamute
Japan protects six of its native dogs the way other countries protect old temples. Here's who they are, what they hunted, and why there are now two kinds of Akita.
Shiba Inu
Long before sirens, a spotted dog went first: the strange, true career of the coach dog that joined the fire brigade, and why it never quite left.
Dalmatian