Prehistoric wolf remains found on a Baltic island suggest that humans cared for wolves thousands of years before dogs fully emerged, according to a new study. Archaeologists found the remains, dated ...

Wolves are already known as powerful apex predators, but their true size often surprises people. While many imagine them as ...

The 1986 disaster created an exclusion zone where abandoned pets and wildlife were exposed to extreme radiation, followed by evacuation that left animals to survive without human support. Descendants ...

Learn more about the evolution of domesticated dogs from wolf to pug.

Two Ice Age wolf pups once thought to be early dogs have been identified as wild wolves, thanks to detailed DNA and chemical analysis. Surprisingly, their last meals included woolly rhinoceros meat—an ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day canines carry a small amount of wolf genes. A surprising study reveals that there ...

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 ...

An important difference between dogs and wolves in how they relate to humans has been demonstrated to be the result of genetics rather than life experience. Jason Goldman, in "The Thoughtful Animal," ...