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 ...

Wolves are already known as powerful apex predators, but their true size often surprises people. While many imagine them as ...

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 ...

Most modern dog breeds have small amounts of wolf ancestry from long after dogs were domesticated, according to a new study. The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The endangered Mexican Gray wolf remains an ongoing conservation topic in Arizona, and during a tour by the Society of Environmental Journalists April 24, wolf advocates, wildlife ...

Wolves and dogs share 99.9% of their DNA. Technically still the same species, they can also produce healthy offspring. But having said that, there’s no denying the physical difference between wolves ...

As a result of an unprecedented legal act signed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, this October brings a literal unleashing of dogs to hunt the state's resident wolf population. Soon, GPS-collared dogs ...

A recent New Yorker essay called "The Myth of the Alpha Wolf" by Rivka Galchen caught my attention and that of numerous people who emailed me about it. My purpose here is to clarify a number of points ...