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

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...

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

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...

The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...

The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to reintroduce more wolves to the state by winter's end. In the meantime ...

The implementation of protective dogs marks a pivotal change in how the sheep herding community addresses the challenges posed by wolves. These dogs are not just pets; they are trained specifically to ...

The seemingly aggressive wolf-dogs that were on the loose in Natomas recently have been rescued by a California sanctuary, and just last week, the sanctuary rescued three more wolf-dogs from the same ...

This post was cowritten by Marc Bekoff and certified force-free dog trainer Mary Angilly. Conflict is an inevitable part of many social relationships, including those between humans and nonhuman ...