Burial remains from 800-2,000 years ago hint that the First Australians may have kept the continent’s famous canine species as pets. By Franz Lidz This article is part of our Pets special section on ...

Dingoes have roamed Australia for at least 3,000 years. These clever canines are the mainland’s only native apex predator on land. They also hold deep cultural and spiritual meaning for many First ...

If you look closely at the Indian wolf-dog and the Australian dingo, there are a lot of similarities between the two, and they both look quite similar. Apart from the similarity in their physical ...

For decades, scientists, policymakers, graziers and land managers have been locked in a surprisingly high-stakes debate over what defines a dingo. Are these wild canids their own species? Or are they ...

If you want to truly understand your dog, look no further than dingoes, the whip-smart wild canines that live in the Australian outback. Your dog achieved these feats because dogs evolved alongside ...

A trio of researchers, Adam Brumm, Mietje Germonpré, and Loukas Koungoulos, has proposed that the dingo and its relationship to Aboriginal foraging communities in Australia can serve as a model for ...

An exhaustive genetic analysis of wild canines in Australia is challenging the commonly held view that “pure” dingoes are basically extinct. Accordingly, scientists say it’s time to stop referring to ...

New research shows that Australia’s dingoes and modern day dogs have less in common with each other than once presumed. Researchers studied the ancient DNA remains of dingoes around the continent and ...

A 6-year-old Australian girl was bitten in the head by a dingo that then dragged her underwater — until her heroic family members rushed in to save her from the wild dog. The girl, only identified as ...