The Belgian Malinois were created from best South Korean sniffer dogs, cloned to maximise unique abilities working for police or security service.

Seven year old Raul Kutliakhmetov was trying to rescue his best friend - a stray dog - stuck in three-metre deep roadside service shaft.

Pet saves helpless child's life acting as surrogate parent in temperatures averaging minus 12C.

Thrown in as a puppy, the mongrel grew too large to escape through a tiny hole through which local residents gave her food and water.

Before Yuri Gagarin conquered space for humans, some 29 flights took place with dogs, the unsung heroes of man's arrival in the cosmos.

The world famous traveller made call ahead of his latest epic adventure by dog sled to Greeland via the North Pole.

Yakutian huntsmen said the new draft law threatens traditional dog breeding.

DNA of a fossil tooth found in the Altai Mountains shows early man and his best friend were together 19,000 years earlier than previously understood.

Maru was sent back to the kennels where she was born on Trans-Siberian railway by 'allergic' owner, but escaped the train.