The Löwchen’s name actually means “little lion” in German. This small dog earned its nickname thanks to the traditional lion cut, where the hair is clipped short on the hindquarters, leaving a mane of ...

Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with the first people to reach North America. In the coastal parts of present-day ...

Pointing dog breeds were originally bred as gundogs, typically used for finding game. When a pointing dog sniffs out game, they go “on point”, freezing in position, lifting a paw and aiming their nose ...

Conservationists and experts had thought Sumatran rhinos extinct in Way Kambas National Park in southern Sumatra. But dogs from the NGO Working Dogs for Conservation have detected what’s believed to ...