Bildagentur Zoonar GmbH / Shutterstock Italy has seen a growing number of wolf-dog hybrids, raising concerns about the future ...

Scientists have long known that the brains of modern wolves are larger than dogs, but it’s unclear when the impact of ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...

Wolf-dog hybrids are bred by crossing domestic dogs with wolves, sometimes just a few generations back. They carry physical traits and instincts that set them far apart from standard breeds. These ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has changed dogs dramatically from their wolf ancestors, but most do still have ...

It has long been known that dogs have less between their ears than wolves, but now research has suggested their brains ...

Brian Hare began studying dog intelligence as an undergraduate at Emory University in the 1990s, after realizing that Oreo, his Labrador retriever, had a remarkable ability. Unlike other animals, even ...

Wildlife experts across Europe and North America are warning that wolf-dog hybrids—crosses between wolves and domestic dogs—are becoming a major threat to livestock and human safety. These hybrids ...

Parsifal is a feral dog from southern Italy being brought back into human society. My fellow Psychology Today blogger Marc Bekoff photographed him in Turin and calls him "one of the most amazing dogs" ...