Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...

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

Genomic analysis of more than 2,700 dog and wolf genomes shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of post-domestication ...

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that the majority of dogs living today have low but detectable ...

A wolf was filmed pulling bait out of a submerged crab trap u2014 with some experts howling with glee that it could be the ...

Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

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.

A recent documentary on Hitler’s DNA and the supposed de-extinction of the dire wolf have both sparked widespread backlash from scientists ...

A wild wolf in British Columbia was recorded pulling a crab trap out of the ocean, potentially marking the first time the species was observed using tools.

Most modern dogs carry traces of wolf ancestry that subtly influence their behavior, appearance, and environmental adaptations.