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

The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...

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

The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...

Among dogs without a history of purposeful crossbreeding, samples from two Grand Anglo-Francais Tricolore hounds led the way, ...

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

U.S. scientists analyzed the DNA of numerous modern-day dog breeds, and found that two-thirds of pet dogs have traceable wolf ...

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

Scientists find wolf DNA in most modern dog breeds, revealing widespread ancestry that shaped size, behavior and adaptation.

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early ...