As it happened for Kynlee, she asked her mother one night if dogs also have cleft lips—to which her mom replied "of course ...

A dog who ran toward the sea after being spooked by a noise was rescued by a lifeboat crew in Porthcawl, Wales. The ...

LIG4 syndrome is an exceptionally rare disorder caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the body from repairing damaged ...

Joan Merriam lives in Nevada City with her new golden retriever Frankie, her Maine coon cat Indy, and the infinite spirits of her beloved goldens Joey and Casey. You can reach Joan at ...

it is because many of the genetic diseases are a product of generations of line breeding (a polite way of saying incest), and ...

If Joy Nachmias ever needs a reminder of what all the dollars and decades she’s invested in dog breeding were for, she need ...

In the last few years, you may have noticed German Shepherds with increasingly sloped hocks and Boxers with increasingly flat faces at the Westminster dog show, AKC Championship, and other exhibitions ...

The cage was not a crib but a crate. The 3-month-old in question was not our child but our dog. We do have children, six of them. When Bruce and I got married a decade ago, our children — three ...

Diabetes Test Results: Types of Tests and How to Read Them If you or someone in your family has diabetes, you might be wondering if it is genetic. There are different types of diabetes. For each type, ...

Suddenly, new traits emerged as favorable in the sled dog gene pool. A dog that was lean and fast and could muster a lot of energy was the kind of dog you needed to win a race. Around the early ...

The company, which secured $200 million from investors in a private funding deal last week, learned Tuesday of a serious side effect experienced by one participant on a high dose of its Rett therapy.