In Ladakh, Himalayan wolves are increasingly breeding with feral dogs, giving rise to a new animal known as khipshang that ...

Wolf-dog hybrids are growing far more common in Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the wolves ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...

Wolves have always carried a certain mystery around them. Strong, silent, and a little intimidating – they feel like they ...

The findings of a recent study into cross-breeding present ‘extraordinary practical conservation challenges’ for the future ...

Rising hybrid numbers: Wolf-dog hybrids are appearing more often in the US and Europe, combining traits that make them efficient hunters and less wary of humans. Monitoring blind spots: Current ...

A new hybrid animal has emerged in the high-altitude Himalayan region of Ladakh, India, posing a dual threat to local ...

Prehistoric wolf remains found on a Baltic island suggest that humans cared for wolves thousands of years before dogs fully emerged, according to a new study. Archaeologists found the remains, dated ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has changed dogs dramatically from their wolf ancestors, but most do still have ...

The remarkable surge in genetic technology has now allowed us to look at dogs and dog breeds in a whole new way. We can not only determine the wild canine ancestral species from which our dogs were ...