Prehistoric wolf remains found on a Baltic island suggest that humans cared for wolves thousands of years before dogs fully emerged, according to a new study. Archaeologists found the remains, dated ...

It’s five thousand years ago, and a group of humans were living on a limestone rock in the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe rock. The island, Stora Karlsö, is a small one; barely a speck on the map, ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...

A new archaeological study suggests that humans may have cared for and lived alongside wolves thousands of years before dogs fully emerged as a distinct species. The findings come from the Swedish ...

When Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences' announced it was bringing back dire wolves from extinction, lots of people wondered if this was fact or fantasy. William Lynn, a research scientist at Clark ...

Watch a wolf documentary for a few minutes, then look at a French Bulldog snoring on someone’s couch. It almost feels ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. From their wolf ancestors to today’s sweet, loyal ...

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 ...

Wolves became dogs via cooperation and reciprocity rather than through competition with humans "I wrote this book to remind people that the wolves we often demonize and persecute through wildlife ...