Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

“Public warned as yellow-eyed wolf-dog hybrid on the loose,” Newsweek alerted in a recent headline. “Wolf hybrid spotted roaming outskirts of California town,” warned the Independent. This was, of ...

A wolf dog named Chiyoko has delighted online viewers after a video of her sleeping in a den in the snow, despite having a warm bed at home, went viral on social media. In the video, which was shared ...

Wolf dogs, with their impressive size and striking appearance, can be intimidating for some people. However, veterinary staff, with their experience working with various animals, can recognize a dog’s ...

The puppies of a wolf that mated with a domestic dog must be tracked down and shot, authorities in the southeastern German state of Bavaria have announced. Officials documented the wolf-dog hybrids in ...