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

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

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

A remarkable discovery on a remote Swedish island is reshaping what scientists know about early human–wolf relationships and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Our dogs aren’t just barking at cars — they’re communicating like their ancestors, wolves. That's according to Jeffrey Reed, ...

It’s no secret that dogs used to be wolves – a once-wild species domesticated over generations until it became humanity’s ...

A new study has revealed that dogs began their physical transformation from wolves during the Middle Stone Age - several centuries earlier than previously thought. In the 21st century, it is difficult ...

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 ...