Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

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

Every household dog, from a towering Great Dane to a trembling toy breed, traces back to wild wolves. New genetic work shows ...

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

“This caught our attention because there is no evidence in the archaeological record that wolves ever lived on these islands, ...

A wolf was filmed pulling bait out of a submerged crab trap — with some experts howling with glee that it could be the first ...

Wolves are returning across Europe—but not to the UK and Ireland, where public support is lukewarm at best. Ecologists point ...

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.

In addition to increasing carcass counts, wolves decrease reproduction rates, weaning weights, calf health and human ...

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