A team of American researchers recently shed new light on this question by using computer simulations to explore the ...

The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...

The evolution of the domestic dog took place over a long period of time, during which wolves and dogs continued to interbreed—muddying the waters when it comes to analyzing canid fossils and ...

Nearly a third of the wolves Colorado has reintroduced in the last two years have died. They’ve lost battles with mountain ...

Beyond implications for understanding dire wolf origin and extinction events, the findings point to the independent evolution of very similar traits in dire wolves and gray wolves, experts say ...

The most surprising discovery involves the gray wolves—research has shown that their genetic evolution may be offering them protection from the cancer risks typically associated with high radiation.

It’s a modified gray wolf,” says Anders Bergström, a professor at the University of East Anglia who specializes in the evolution of canines. “Twenty changes is not nearly enough.

Languages: English For the first time in over 10,000 years, the howl of a dire wolf is echoing once more—this time, from within a secretive nature preserve in the United States. The predator ...

The origins of modern dogs have long puzzled scientists. A team of American researchers recently shed new light on this question by using computer simulations to explore the evolution of wolves into ...