Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has changed dogs dramatically from their wolf ancestors, but most do still have ...

New research reveals that most modern dogs still carry small but significant traces of wolf DNA, shaping traits from size to ...

Between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago, a now-extinct population of wolves evolved into dogs, with a little help from humans.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: There are wolves that look like dogs, and dogs that appear suspiciously like wolves. For most, this is just a symptom of the fact that dogs are ...

Research offers insights into domestication of dogs but it remains unclear why they ended up with smaller brains than wolves ...

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 ...

PILOT HILL, Calif. — On a back road in Pilot Hill, California, overlooking Folsom Lake, there’s a sanctuary where women and wolves heal together. As the sound of howling echoes through the hills, it’s ...