FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The endangered Mexican Gray wolf remains an ongoing conservation topic in Arizona, and during a tour by the Society of Environmental Journalists April 24, wolf advocates, wildlife ...

New research reveals that most modern dogs still carry small but significant traces of wolf DNA, shaping traits from size to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A sweeping genetic study has revealed that most modern dogs carry traces of wolf DNA, a legacy of ancient and more recent interbreeding. From tiny chihuahuas to Arctic sled dogs, this wolf ancestry ...

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