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

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

Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog ...

If you’ve ever joked that your lap dog was ferocious or your furry friend has got some wolf in her, you might be right. A ...

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

A team of wolf researchers spotted a uniquely large and fluffy wolf-like animal trotting through their trail camera footage, which they think could be a hybrid between a dog and a wolf in northern ...

The remarkable surge in genetic technology has now allowed us to look at dogs and dog breeds in a whole new way. We can not only determine the wild canine ancestral species from which our dogs were ...

A video has revealed never-before-seen behaviors in wolves that could mark the first case of tool use in a wild member of the wolf and dog family — and it was all for some crab bait.

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

Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds.