Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog breeds have detectable traces of wolf ancestry, remnants of ancient ...

If you’ve ever joked that your lap dog was ferocious or your furry friend has got some wolf in her, you might be right. A genetic analysis of nearly 2,700 modern and ancient canines suggests that most ...

A new study has shown that almost two thirds of modern dog breeds carry traces of wolf DNA, which could influence their size, ...

Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

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 ...

How dogs and wolves are genetically linked Dogs evolved from an extinct population of gray wolves under human influences during the late Pleistocene, about 20,000 years ago. Although wolves and dogs ...

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient genetic influence shows up in traits like body size, behavior, and ...

Imagine a time thousands of years ago when wild wolves roamed near human camps, their eyes gleaming in the firelight. These ...

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 US scientists, who were surprised to find ...

The implementation of protective dogs marks a pivotal change in how the sheep herding community addresses the challenges posed by wolves. These dogs are not just pets; they are trained specifically to ...

The data showed that a dog with a similar weight to a wolf had a brain volume about three-quarters the size of the wolf’s.