Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...

On average, terriers, gundogs, and scent hounds have the least wolf ancestry. While some large guardian dogs have high wolf ancestry, others including the Neapolitan mastiff, bullmastiff, and the St.

Among dogs without a history of purposeful crossbreeding, samples from two Grand Anglo-Francais Tricolore hounds led the way, ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

What is a Wolf Dog? Wolf Dogs—or Wolfdogs—are hybrid canids with any combination of domestic dog breed and wild wolf parentage. True Wolf Dogs have recent wolf ancestry, but there are varieties of ...

Wolfdogs are becoming a popular choice worldwide with people looking for furry companions. Conservationists are growing increasingly concerned these hybrids could interbreed with wild wolf populations ...

(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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Audrey T. Lin, Smithsonian Institution and Logan Kistler, Smithsonian Institution (THE ...