Wolf-dog hybrids are growing far more common in Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the wolves ...

In April 2026, a sheep rancher outside Reserve, New Mexico, found three ewes dead in a single night, their carcasses torn ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: There are wolves that look like dogs, and dogs that appear suspiciously like wolves. For most, this is just a symptom of the fact that dogs are ...

Rising hybrid numbers: Wolf-dog hybrids are appearing more often in the US and Europe, combining traits that make them efficient hunters and less wary of humans. Monitoring blind spots: Current ...

The hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s purebred wolves.

California (KOVR) — The seemingly aggressive wolf-dogs that were on the loose in Natomas recently have been rescued by a California sanctuary, and just last week, the sanctuary rescued three more wolf ...

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" ...

The remarkable surge in genetic technology has now allowed us to look at dogs and dog breeds in a whole new way. We can not only determine the wild canine ancestral species from which our dogs were ...

For decades, scientists, policymakers, graziers and land managers have been locked in a surprisingly high-stakes debate over what defines a dingo. Are these wild canids their own species? Or are they ...

Research offers insights into domestication of dogs but it remains unclear why they ended up with smaller brains than wolves ...