When a dominant male dies or is kicked out by an intruding male [the] new lead male will usually adopt young pups.” “It ...

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

Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog ...

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

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

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

High-wolf-content dogs, for instance, appear more suspicious of strangers and territorial, while low wolf-content dogs appear ...

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

Have you ever seen a dog focused on nuzzling their expensive treat under a blanket, behind a couch cushion, or into a freshly ...

A new study has revealed that dogs began their physical transformation from wolves during the Middle Stone Age - several centuries earlier than previously thought. In the 21st century, it is difficult ...

The first major finding is that while most cognitive skills in puppies develop surprisingly early, they develop independently ...

A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...