Tamaskan dogs look a lot like huskies and are sometimes even called Tams or Tamaskan huskies. However, they have shorter coats that are a bit sleeker than a husky, with long snouts and long legs that ...

Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found. While wild dog-wolf hybrids had previously only been suspected through ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

Why is it that, despite bears being one of the largest predators in the world, we still find bear-like animals so cute? Most of us probably have strong enough instincts not to hug a real bear, but ...

Relations between dogs and people are so normal and pervasive as to pass almost unregarded. Yet viewed objectively, this ...

On a wind-battered rock in the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have uncovered a puzzle that cuts to the heart of how dogs first ...

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Most people probably wouldn’t mistake the average dog for a lion. After all, dogs are canines and lions are felines, so the distinction is pretty clear, right? Nevertheless, some dog breeds that look ...