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Nearly half of Italy's wolves are part dog now, thanks to hybridization. Is that a threat to the species?
Between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago, a now-extinct population of wolves evolved into dogs, with a little help from humans.
The hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s purebred wolves.
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Your dog might be more wolf than you think
New research reveals that most modern dogs still carry small but significant traces of wolf DNA, shaping traits from size to ...
As even irregular readers of this blog know, I have an abiding fascination with the question of how the wolf became the dog, or in the parlance of text messaging W2D. Why should the consummate ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: There are wolves that look like dogs, and dogs that appear suspiciously like wolves. For most, this is just a symptom of the fact that dogs are ...
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 Act.
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