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 ...

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 are eating calves on a cattle property in South Australia's dry, far north. It has become a costly problem for Grant Rieck from Bollards Lagoon, which is near Cameron Corner, an area in the ...

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, the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, the ACT government and donations from the general public. She is a director of the ...

There is a an eerie silence as I walk past dozens of dead dogs, hanging on a rural fence in the bush. This is no ordinary fence - it is a graveyard - an open air morgue. Dog fences like this exist ...