Dogs and wolves living today derive from a shared ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears ...

Every family dog carries a long evolutionary story in its cells, one that traces back to gray wolves even if the animal on ...

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

When scientists compared the DNA of thousands of dogs and wolves, they found the two species were not as separate as once ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While that chihuahua might seem about as similar to a wolf as a ...

Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early ...

What’s furry, cute, and may have ancestral ties to ancient wolves? Possibly, your dog. Researchers at the New York-based American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Wolfdogs are becoming a popular choice worldwide with people looking for furry companions. Conservationists are growing increasingly concerned these hybrids could interbreed with wild wolf populations ...

There has been another encounter between a wolf and people in the Netherlands. Last weekend, a wolf approached people with dogs in Dwingelderveld National Park in Drenthe. The province is ...