Every household dog, from a towering Great Dane to a trembling toy breed, traces back to wild wolves. New genetic work shows that this ancestry is not just a distant story but a living imprint in ...

Every family dog carries a long evolutionary story in its cells, one that traces back to gray wolves even if the animal on your couch looks more like a teddy bear than a predator. When people send off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the ...

What’s furry, cute, and may have ancestral ties to ancient wolves? Possibly, your dog. Researchers at the New York-based American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

When Game of Thrones premiered in 2011, one of its most unforgettable images appeared almost immediately: a litter of direwolf pups discovered in the snow, destined to become loyal companions to the ...

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 ...

A team of mathematicians and statisticians from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the University of Tennessee and Valparaiso University, all in the U.S., has found new evidence that wolves had ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...