While the Tibetan Mastiff and the wolf have been waging a head-on battle for survival for millions of years on the vast pastoral lands, two bestsellers based on these species have been dividing ...
The Tibetan Mastiff is famed for its high-altitude prowess, showing a remarkable strength and endurance to 3-mile elevations and even higher. Evolutionary biologists have successfully identified the ...
When scientists compared the DNA of thousands of dogs and wolves, they found the two species were not as separate as once ...
New DNA research shows that two-thirds of today's domesticated dogs, from hounds to shepherds to chihuahuas, have wolf DNA in ...
Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...
Most modern dogs carry traces of wolf ancestry that subtly influence their behavior, appearance, and environmental adaptations.
High-wolf-content dogs, for instance, appear more suspicious of strangers and territorial, while low wolf-content dogs appear ...
Chihuahua and St Bernard owners might be especially surprised.