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

Scientists find wolf DNA in most modern dog breeds, revealing widespread ancestry that shaped size, behavior and adaptation.

On average, terriers, gundogs, and scent hounds have the least wolf ancestry. While some large guardian dogs have high wolf ancestry, others including the Neapolitan mastiff, bullmastiff, and the St.

Most modern dogs carry traces of wolf ancestry that subtly influence their behavior, appearance, and environmental adaptations.

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Dogs evolved from gray wolves, but scientists debate exactly where, when and how many times dogs were domesticated. Ancient DNA evidence suggests that domestication happened twice, in eastern and ...

High-wolf-content dogs, for instance, appear more suspicious of strangers and territorial, while low wolf-content dogs appear easier to train and friendlier ...

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 ...

The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in ...

California (KOVR) — The seemingly aggressive wolf-dogs that were on the loose in Natomas recently have been rescued by a California sanctuary, and just last week, the sanctuary rescued three more wolf ...