Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

About two-thirds of modern dog breeds carry some wolf ancestry introduced within the past few thousand years.

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia. Domesticated species are the plants and animals that have evolved to live ...

A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...

A recent study revealed that a majority of modern-day dog breeds had close contact with wolves several thousand years ago ...

Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds.

Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

Wolves are awe-inspiring wild animals unfortunately ill-suited to life as domesticated pets. And while there are a few wolf hybrids, these breeds are tricky and ownership is tightly regulated. But ...

Scientists didn’t expect this twist in evolution.