Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.
The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...
About two-thirds of modern dog breeds carry some wolf ancestry introduced within the past few thousand years.
Dogs and wolves living today derive from a shared ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears ...
The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...
Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...
Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...
A recent study revealed that a majority of modern-day dog breeds had close contact with wolves several thousand years ago ...
As if cicadas weren’t enough: A rather confused little bear was stuck in a tree in Raleigh, four wolf-dog hybrids went on the lam after escaping an enclosure in Orange County, copperhead snakes are ...
New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.
A Duke-led study found that dog puppies are innately able to understand and interact with humans due to the domestication hypothesis. Jared Lazarus Duke University When you throw a ball for your dog ...