Thousands of genomes reveal the wild wolf genes in most dogs’ DNA

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

Your pet dog’s ancestor was a fierce, wild animal. How was it tamed?

In 1881, zoologist John Murdoch took part in an expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, at the northernmost tip of the US. The goal was to conduct a two-year, unbroken observation of meteorological and ...
Discover Wildlife

"Their eerie howling from a wintery mountainside will still bring a shiver to the spine" – 10 biggest wild dogs on the planet

Bringing down an elk, buffalo or musk ox, let alone a human, does not present much of a challenge. Luckily, they tend to ...
AOL

From Wild To Mild: 10 Untamed Animals With Pet-Like Behaviors

When we think of pets, we picture wagging tails, soft purrs, and playful chirps, creatures that share our homes, our routines, and often our hearts. Wild animals, on the other hand, are usually ...
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Your dog's looking more like cat day by day and here's why

Pug strangely look similar to the Persian cats now and this is not something to be surprised by as a fascinating shift is ...