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

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

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 ...

For centuries, the wild spirit and profound beauty of wolves have captured the human imagination. These apex predators are admired for their intelligence, strength, and social structures. If you’re ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent New Yorker essay called "The Myth of the Alpha Wolf" by Rivka Galchen caught my attention and that of numerous people who emailed me about it. My purpose here is to clarify a number of points ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

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 ...