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, ...

Newly recovered DNA shows modern dingoes share almost no genetic ancestry with domestic dogs but are descended from ancient canids from China K’gari dingo (Canis lupus dingo, C. lupus familiaris dingo ...

A major genetic study has found that nearly two-thirds of modern dog breeds carry measurable wolf DNA, pointing to interbreeding that occurred thousands of years after initial domestication.

For at least 3,500 years, dingoes have been Australia’s top terrestrial predator. And in current times, they are one of the continent’s most iconic but controversial animals. Dingoes hold significant ...