Scientists have discovered a new species of wild dog by analyzing the DNA of jackals in Europe and Africa.

But there’s another predator, less famous yet exceptionally efficient, that outperforms them all when it comes to successful ...

An African wild dog. Credit: Mathias Appel/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0 One of the most endangered mammals on Earth, African wild dogs are known for their oversized ears, social bonds, and highly efficient ...

Earlier this year, the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka had its first litter of African painted dog puppies, giving researchers a chance to compare how they develop in captivity versus the wild. Over ...

LIMPOPO-LIPADI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE, Botswana — It looked like an African wildlife version of West Side Story. A pack of African wild dogs milled around at dusk, seemingly ready to rumble, as in ...

Over the course of a year, "Dogs in the Wild" filmmakers filmed over 22 wild dog species across six continents. African Wild Dogs were one of the toughest species to film due to the flooded ...

African wild dogs are carnivores always thought to hunt in packs. But new DNA analysis has found they also eat small birds and hares and may hunt alone.

The Sands pack of Painted Wolves/African Wild Dogs chased an impala across the open clearings and into a waterhole.The video joins the action as the impala is swimming in the waterhole, surrounded ...

African wild dogs are social and live in packs, with the average pack size being between 5 and 20 dogs. Within the pack, there is one dominant male and dominant female, called the alpha pair.

For instance, while African wild dogs seem to have highly developed muscles around their eyes, that doesn’t necessarily mean they use them in the same way that domestic dogs do.

As a great African predator and a hot-spot on safari, it is hard to believe that only last century, the African wild dog was considered vermin. Its beautiful coat of painted strokes makes it ...