Many modern dogs are variations of former dog breeds that, for various reasons, have gone extinct. These dog breeds, in particular, are some of the most well-known breeds of dog that no longer exist.

Thanks to some scraps of DNA and a lot of scientific ingenuity there's hope that some long-extinct creatures may walk the ...

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

Reviving lost species may help restore ecosystems, but it demands robust scientific oversight to ensure responsible use ...

Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient genetic influence shows up in traits like body size, behavior, and ...

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

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...

“Redheads are not going extinct,” says Katerina Zorina-Lichtenwalter, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Behavioral ...

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

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

Dogs have such genuine souls and curious minds, but this can get them in trouble every now and then. Sometimes, it's all fun ...

Eben Etzebeth’s actions serve as a warning of the consequences that await any player who gouges a fellow player’s eyes ...