The first thing you hear once the small plane has landed on the beach is the howling. Fraser Island, off Australia’s northeast coast, is home to some 160 dingoes — wild, dog-like cousins of wolves — ...

If you’ve ever been curious about what dingoes truly are and where they come from, you’ve landed on the right page. These wild dogs have been around Australia for thousands of years, but their story ...

Researchers previously thought dingoes were distance cousins of domestic dogs, though still genetically similar enough to frequently breed with the wild canines, creating hybrids. However, recent ...

Newly recovered DNA shows modern dingoes share almost no genetic ancestry with domestic dogs but are descended from ancient canids from China K’gari dingo (Canis lupus dingo, C. lupus familiaris dingo ...

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 ...

Genetic analysis shows dingo populations have significantly less dog ancestry than previously thought. Wild dingo populations have less dog lineage, with a significantly greater proportion of pure ...

Kylie M Cairns receives funding from the Australian Dingo Foundation, New Guinea Singing Dog Conservation Society, NSW Koala Strategy and Australia and Pacific Science Foundation. She is a scientific ...

Dingoes are no ordinary dogs. They trace their roots back to an ancient Asian lineage and made their way to Australia more than 3,500 years ago. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

Kylie M. Cairns receives funding from the Australian Dingo Foundation, the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, the ACT government and donations from the general public. She is a director of the ...