The dingo may be Australia’s most contentious animal. To some, the free-roaming canine is a beloved member of the nation’s unique fauna. To others, it is little more than a wild dog and an ...

Newly recovered DNA shows modern dingoes share almost no genetic ancestry with domestic dogs but are descended from ancient canids from China K’gari dingo (Canis lupus dingo, C. lupus familiaris dingo ...

Researchers previously thought dingoes were distance cousins of domestic dogs, though still genetically similar enough to frequently breed with the wild canines, creating hybrids. However, recent ...