Wolves are already known as powerful apex predators, but their true size often surprises people. While many imagine them as ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a 2022 study published in Nature, researchers identified the Siberian husky as one of the dog breeds most closely related to wolves. Unlike their wolf ancestors, huskies bark as much as they howl.

Learn more about the evolution of domesticated dogs from wolf to pug.

Brian Hare began studying dog intelligence as an undergraduate at Emory University in the 1990s, after realizing that Oreo, his Labrador retriever, had a remarkable ability. Unlike other animals, even ...

Discovered: Carbo-loading is why we have cute dogs; dung beetles follow the stars; research to resume on H5N1 avian flu; look at this newly discovered Brazilian bird before it goes extinct. Dung ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day canines carry a small amount of wolf genes. A surprising study reveals that there ...