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 ...

Watch a wolf documentary for a few minutes, then look at a French Bulldog snoring on someone’s couch. It almost feels impossible that they share the same ancestry. And yet they do. Every Chihuahua, ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day canines carry a small amount of wolf genes. A surprising study reveals that there ...