Wildlife experts across Europe and North America are warning that wolf-dog hybrids—crosses between wolves and domestic dogs—are becoming a major threat to livestock and human safety. These hybrids ...

Where did dogs come from? That simple question is the subject of a scientific debate right now. In May, a team of scientists published a study pointing to East Asia as the place where dogs evolved ...

Wolf-dog hybrids are bred by crossing domestic dogs with wolves, sometimes just a few generations back. They carry physical traits and instincts that set them far apart from standard breeds. These ...

Prehistoric wolf remains found on a Baltic island suggest that humans cared for wolves thousands of years before dogs fully emerged, according to a new study. Archaeologists found the remains, dated ...

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 ...

Dogs have long been known to have smaller brains than the wolves they descended from. But when they started to shrink has ...

Two Ice Age wolf pups once thought to be early dogs have been identified as wild wolves, thanks to detailed DNA and chemical analysis. Surprisingly, their last meals included woolly rhinoceros meat—an ...

It has long been known that dogs have less between their ears than wolves, but now research has suggested their brains ...

Wildlife biologists across Europe and North America warn that wolf-dog hybrids are becoming a significant threat to livestock and potentially to human safety, combining wolf predatory strength with ...