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

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

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 ...

Humans cared for wolves long before dogs emerged, study finds - New evidence of wolves and humans living together on Swedish ...

DNA analysis, radiocarbon dating, and advanced measuring techniques are helping scientists learn where dogs came from and when they became our best friends. Our relationship with dogs goes back tens ...

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

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

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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia. Domesticated species are the plants and animals that ...

House Resolution 845 has passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, known as the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, removes the gray wolf from protection under the Endangered Species ...