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

Two studies provide scientists with a more comprehensive understanding of how early dogs were domesticated as they migrated around the world alongside humans ...

The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...

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

The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...

Some massive breeds such as the St. Bernard completely lack wolf DNA, but the tiny Chihuahua retains detectable wolf ancestry ...

Origins of the dog: domestication and early history / JulieClutton-Brock -- Evolution of working dogs / Raymond Coppinger and Richard Schneider -- Genetic aspects of dog behaviour with particular ...

Poodles of all sorts—Standard Poodles, Toy Poodles, Miniature Poodles—are some of the healthiest, especially for purebred ...

It seems the diversity of domestic dogs first began developing thousands of years before humans started intensely shaping modern breeds in the 19th century—challenging what we thought about canine ...

Have you ever wondered why some dog breeds have webbing between their toes? Although this trait is primarily associated with ducks, certain types of dogs have evolved to develop paddle-like feet that ...

It's always so cool seeing a rare dog, even in video form, and even cooler to see one of these rare dogs next to a puppy of the same breed! It also helps that the pups you are about to meet have been ...