Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remains on a small island in the Baltic Sea suggest that humans kept and cared for wolves for thousands of years before they ...

When were dogs born? A new study sought to finally answer that age-old, burning ...

Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chihuahuas have about 0.2 percent wolf ancestry, according to a new study. While that chihuahua might seem about as similar to a ...

A jawbone fragment from a Swiss cave, buried for more than 14,000 years, has shaken up one of the longest-running debates in ...

Two new studies suggest that genetically stable dogs were living among humans in Europe by about 14,000 years ago.

The oldest ancient dog genomes on record all come from a population that lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across ...

The dog, descended from an ancient wolf population separate from modern wolves, was the first animal domesticated by people, ...

The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest member of the canine family with fur ranging from gray to brown, black or white. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...