New research shows humans may have brought wolves to a remote island, fed them, and cared for them thousands of years ago.

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

New evidence of wolves and humans living together on Swedish island points to likely prehistoric domestication ...

Dogs have been found to be able to understand and act on human gestures by nature. However, the ability to recognize human gestures is considered rare in the animal kingdom. A research team led by ...

Dogs are said to have originated from the domestication of wolves over 15,000 years ago. They became popular as pets during the Victorian era from 1837 to 1901, and from this period dog breeding ...

Who said it first, no one knows. But Frederick the Great, warrior ruler and enlightened despot of 18th-century Prussia, said it well. “The only, absolute and best friend a man has, in this selfish ...

That is the discovery announced on Monday by US scientists, who were surprised to find that nearly two thirds of all dog breeds have a detectable amount of wolf DNA. And it is not genetic leftovers ...

I f you’ve ever teased that your lap dog has a wolf’s heart, science says you’re not far off. A genetic study of nearly 2,700 ...

Genetic studies show that small dogs probably originated in the Middle East more than 12,000 years ago as a result of the domestication of grey wolves, say researchers. Melissa Gray and Robert Wayne, ...

Note: This was not the actual study setup. But it's still cute. Credit: GorillaAttack / Shutterstock Most pet owners know that dogs are masters at the art of getting humans to obey their wishes, ...

Domestic dogs started developing into different sizes and shapes thousands of years ago rather than hundreds, a new study claims. Scientists at the University of Exeter have analysed hundreds of ...