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 ...

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

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

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

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

Animal rescues often emphasize spaying and neutering your dogs, especially amid a massive overflow of dogs and puppies in shelters across the United States. When female dogs are in heat, they attract ...

According to the North Carolina Zoo, Ayita, a 13-year-old red wolf, died. The zoo called Ayita a "champion of her species" ...

Jun. 4—Asha first captured public imagination when the endangered wolf twice wandered outside the bounds of the wolf recovery area in 2023, but the female Mexican gray wolf just embarked on a new ...