New research shows humans may have brought wolves to a remote island, fed them, and cared for them thousands of years ago.
It’s no secret that dogs used to be wolves – a once-wild species domesticated over generations until it became humanity’s ...
(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...
Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found. While wild dog-wolf hybrids had previously only been suspected through ...
Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...
So, is the Siberian Husky a wolf? The answer is a resounding no. While they may look and sometimes act like their wild ...
As many as 25,000 free-ranging dogs roam the cold, high-altitude desert of Ladakh, India. That’s a problem for wildlife and ...
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 ...