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 ...

One dog, known from bones found at the Pinarbasi rock shelter site in Turkey used by ancient human hunter-gatherers, is about ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were ...

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 ...