In lists of the most popular dog breeds and most popular cat breeds, you’ll often find flat-faced, or brachycephalic, animals. Among the most well-known brachycephalic dogs are pugs and French ...

The Persian cat is a long-haired breed with a distinctive flat face and large eyes. This breed gets their name from Persia — now, modern Iran — where they most likely originated. Because they ...

Cats and dogs are believed to share a common ancestor, the miacid, a carnivoran. Carnivorans split into two suborders, cats and cat-like animals and dogs and dog-like animals, and dogs and cats have ...

In the case of domestic cats, dogs and many other domesticated species, intentional and unintentional selection by humans ...

While dogs and cats are genetically unrelated, breeding for certain features is making some dog and cat breeds look more and more alike. Preferred features include a flat face and huge eyes, which is ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Intensive artificial selection has caused certain dog and cat breeds, such as pugs and Persian cats, to independently evolve highly similar brachycephalic skull ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls and “smushed” faces, so they’re more similar to ...

Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike—with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows. At first glance, Persian cats and pugs don ...