Dogs and wolves living today derive from a shared ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears ...
A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...
The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...