Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found.

For the first time, a wolf-dog hybrid has been confirmed in Greece, marking a new twist in the species’ controversial comeback to European landscapes. The hybrid was documented near Thessaloniki by ...

In a controversial announcement earlier this month, scientists with the company Colossal Biosciences claimed they have brought back dire wolves from extinction using genetic engineering. Dire wolves ...

Conservation geneticist Kristin Brzeski has engaged a broad network of grassroots support in her efforts to restore the red wolf population in the American South. Brzeski conducts her research in ...

Motion-activated field cameras, GPS collars, wolf scat analysis and cattle tail hair samples are helping University of California, Davis, researchers shed new light on how an expanding and protected ...

An international study has shown how and when entirely new gene mutations, known as de novo mutations, originate in dogs. A ...

Scientists in Helsinki studied nearly 400 dog families to see how new DNA mutations arise in puppies. They found that older ...

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...

Zephyr, a gray wolf, at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem. The center has "ambassador wolves" for education purposes and also participates in captive breeding and reintroduction of Mexican ...