Why dogs follow their owners everywhere isn’t just affection, it’s an ancient wolf survival drive that domestication ...

Wolves and dogs might share a genetic history, but a wolf is typically larger and fiercer than a household pet. With that in ...

HAMBURG — You can’t help but feel a bit sorry for dogs. Just look at what they have to put up with via the German language. Bad weather? Hundewetter, “dog weather.” Exhausted? Dog-tired. Down on your ...

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 ...

Anyone who shares a home with a dog has witnessed the ritual. The animal circles, paws at a specific corner of the cushion, ...

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 ...

Dogs and their wild relatives are "in". And, as a testament to the incredibly wide-ranging appeal of these most amazing and important nonhuman animal (animal) beings, two must read books have just ...

The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest member of the canine family with fur ranging from gray to brown, black or white. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that the majority of dogs living today have low but detectable ...