PARIS, France (AFP) — 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 ...

If I told you a recent study showed that a majority of modern dog species have wolf DNA, you’d probably mutter something along the lines of “shocker: fork found in kitchen”. Except that the research, ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

A new study has revealed that dogs began their physical transformation from wolves during the Middle Stone Age - several centuries earlier than previously thought. In the 21st century, it is difficult ...

Domestic dogs are among the most diverse mammals on the planet. From the tiny chihuahua to the towering great dane, the flat-faced pug to the long-muzzled borzoi, the sheer range of canine shapes and ...

New evidence of wolves and humans living together on Swedish island points to likely prehistoric domestication ...

“Domestic dogs have not lost any muscles but due to breeding for specific facial features, such as brachycephalic faces, the muscles have become smaller and more compacted together, giving them less ...