Wolf-dog hybrids are growing far more common in Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the wolves ...

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 ...

New research reveals that most modern dogs still carry small but significant traces of wolf DNA, shaping traits from size to ...

The hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s purebred wolves.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: There are wolves that look like dogs, and dogs that appear suspiciously like wolves. For most, this is just a symptom of the fact that dogs are ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has changed dogs dramatically from their wolf ancestors, but most do still have ...

Parsifal is a feral dog from southern Italy being brought back into human society. My fellow Psychology Today blogger Marc Bekoff photographed him in Turin and calls him "one of the most amazing dogs" ...

A sweeping genetic study has revealed that most modern dogs carry traces of wolf DNA, a legacy of ancient and more recent interbreeding. From tiny chihuahuas to Arctic sled dogs, this wolf ancestry ...

The remarkable surge in genetic technology has now allowed us to look at dogs and dog breeds in a whole new way. We can not only determine the wild canine ancestral species from which our dogs were ...

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 ...

PILOT HILL, Calif. — On a back road in Pilot Hill, California, overlooking Folsom Lake, there’s a sanctuary where women and wolves heal together. As the sound of howling echoes through the hills, it’s ...