The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...

The pathogens Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium are common causes of sometimes-fatal intestinal diseases in humans, ...

Colossal Biosciences has modified 20 genes from the gray wolf to create a canine that resembles a species that went extinct ...

More information: Lyn Caldicott et al, The impact of training method on odor learning and generalization in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), Journal of Comparative Psychology (2024). DOI: ...

Scientists at Colossal used genetic reconstruction to recreate the long-extinct species—made popular by the HBO hit show, ...