Tag Archive for 'Canis lupus'

Canadian Eskimo dogs. Illustration by John James Audubon and John Bachman (1845-1848).

Study: At Least Five Dog Lineages Existed 11,000 Years Ago

Nov 3, 2020 by News Staff

In a new study published in the journal Science, an international team of scientists sequenced the genomes of 27 ancient dogs, some of which lived up to...

Hansen Wheat & Temrin provide the first empirical evidence that wolves, and not only dogs, express interspecific play with a human based on social-communicative cues. This image shows a wolf puppy named Flea, who comes from a non-fetching litter born in 2015. Image credit: Christina Hansen Wheat.

Wolf Puppies Play Fetch Too, Researchers Find

Jan 20, 2020 by News Staff

In a series of experiments, a duo of researchers from the Department of Zoology at Stockholm University has observed eight-week-old wolf puppies spontaneously...