When scientists compared the DNA of thousands of dogs and wolves, they found the two species were not as separate as once ...

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

Every family dog carries a long evolutionary story in its cells, one that traces back to gray wolves even if the animal on ...

On average, terriers, gundogs, and scent hounds have the least wolf ancestry. While some large guardian dogs have high wolf ancestry, others including the Neapolitan mastiff, bullmastiff, and the St.

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

U.S. scientists analyzed the DNA of numerous modern-day dog breeds, and found that two-thirds of pet dogs have traceable wolf ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...

The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...

The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...

A pet dog who is nearly all wolf named Leeloo will not be put down thanks to the help of social media. Leeloo was seized from her Huntington Beach home in June after she bit her owners' friend's ...

Dr Carly Ameen from the University of Exeter, another lead researcher on this project, explained to BBC News that almost half ...

Wolfdogs are becoming a popular choice worldwide with people looking for furry companions. Conservationists are growing increasingly concerned these hybrids could interbreed with wild wolf populations ...