While the Shiloh shepherd originated from breeding efforts with wolfdogs or other recent dog–wolf hybrids to create healthier, more family-friendly shepherd dogs in the US, the origin of the extensive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chihuahuas have about 0.2 percent wolf ancestry, according to a new study. While that chihuahua might seem about as similar to a ...

The Karst Shepherd is an ancient livestock guardian dog from the Slovenian Karst region—powerful, wary, and uncompromisingly loyal. As an incorruptible guardian, it protects its family with ...

What’s furry, cute, and may have ancestral ties to ancient wolves? Possibly, your dog. Researchers at the New York-based American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History reveals that the majority of dogs living today have low but detectable ...

Imagine a time thousands of years ago when wild wolves roamed near human camps, their eyes gleaming in the firelight. These fierce hunters would eventually become our loyal companions, transforming ...

An important difference between dogs and wolves in how they relate to humans has been demonstrated to be the result of genetics rather than life experience. Jason Goldman, in "The Thoughtful Animal," ...

Romanian shepherd dogs are believed to have descended from a breed that originated in Mesopotamia, around 9,000 years ago. Today, they are experts at protecting the herd from wolf attacks, especially ...