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 ...

For decades, crossbreeding between dingoes and dogs has been considered the greatest threat to dingo conservation. Previous DNA studies suggested pure dingoes were virtually extinct in Victoria and ...

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 ...

A lot! After humans, domestic dogs are the fifth most numerous mammal on the planet with an estimated population of at least 700 million individuals. It didn't much look like a dog – or act like one ...

The oldest dingo fossil was estimated to be about 3,500 years old. However, some experts believe that dingoes have been around much longer than that. Researchers previously thought dingoes were ...