Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. From their wolf ancestors to today’s sweet, loyal ...

What’s furry, cute, and may have ancestral ties to ancient wolves? Possibly, your dog. Researchers at the New York-based American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

It is well known among Latin scholars, taxonomists, evolutionary biologists, natural historians, dog buffs, and other people familiar with the vagaries of taxonomy that the genus, or family, Canis ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a long time, it was assumed that the first domestic dogs all resembled today's wolves. However, studies suggest that this is ...

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Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds. All modern-day pooches, from beefy Newfoundlands to scrawny Salukis, are descended from an ...