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

Jay Ingram's "The Science of Pets" is a must-read about facts and myths about a global "petpourri" of animals, what's in ...

So, is the Siberian Husky a wolf? The answer is a resounding no. While they may look and sometimes act like their wild ...

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A new study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.

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 ...

About 3 to 5% of mammals are known to be monogamous, meaning they select one mate for life. Still, many monogamous species ...

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

The Riley Creek pack had almost doubled its acreage of boreal forest, high mountains, graveled riverbeds and tundra hillside.

An Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore, was found shot in the leg. What happened next was astonishing.

Bobby George is holding a small jar filled with vodka and swimming inside it is a human toe. This isn't a prop he picked up ...

Why is swapping saliva something all human societies have normalised? Turns out kissing isn't just a human thing — all sorts of species appear to kiss, and new research suggests Neanderthals did it ...