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 ...

Dogs and wolves living today derive from a shared ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears ...

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

Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

When scientists compared the DNA of thousands of dogs and wolves, they found the two species were not as separate as once ...

One of the attacks involved a bluetick hound (like the one pictured here) that was killed and fed on by wolves. Photo by Daniel Teetor / Adobe Stock On July 3, just a couple days into Wisconsin’s ...

Jan. 31—TOWN OF OAKLAND — Wolves posed a verified threat to dogs at a town of Oakland residence Jan. 21, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Pet owners in the area are ...

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.

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

Genomic analysis of more than 2,700 dog and wolf genomes shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of post-domestication ...