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

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

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

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

Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...

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

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

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

Most modern dogs carry traces of wolf ancestry that subtly influence their behavior, appearance, and environmental adaptations.

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

A new study shows that diversity in dog breeds came around 11,00 years ago, much earlier than the Victorian period.