It took thousands of years to develop the world’s extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals – an estimated 8,800 ...

A new survey from the RSPCA shows that the British public are turned off by the health problems that can come with flat-faced ...

Dogs' history of selective breeding makes them an ideal species for studying the balance between genetics, diet, and ...

A dog breeder explains selective breeding, looking at puppies that have useful and less useful traits. Michaela explains how artificial selection is also used in vegetables, showing how broccoli ...

Researchers from MLU analyzed 3D scans of 135 pig skulls and found significant shape changes over just 100 years. Selective breeding and diet shifts led to shorter snouts and flatter skulls, even ...

Second, the study allowed researchers to quantify genetic risk for obesity in individual dogs — and the level of effort ...