A young, stray puppy believed to have been dropped from the sky and into the backyard of an Australian family's property was actually a rare purebred dingo — an endangered wild dog breed native to ...

In 1788, the European colonisation of Australia began with the arrival of 11 ships from the UK. The landing began a rapid transformation of the country. Some species were wiped out entirely, while ...

The Australian Cattle Dog—better known to many as the Blue Heeler—is a driven, intelligent working dog built for movement and purpose. From herding cattle across Australia to bonding closely with ...

Wandi the purebred dingo will now help protect the future of his vulnerable species Wandi dropped from the sky and into Internet stardom. In August, the small canine was found whimpering in the yard ...

Residents at a home in Australia heard crying coming from their backyard. When they went to see what it was, they found a little lost pup there alone and assumed it was a baby fox or a dog. After ...

The Australian dingo descends from domesticated dogs that people from Southeast Asia brought with them to Australia some 5,000 years ago. Genetic studies indicate that it is probably a matter of a ...

Since the arrival of British settlers over 230 years ago, most Australians have assumed dingoes are a breed of wild dog. But 20 leading researchers have confirmed in a new study that the dingo is ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney have found no genetic evidence that the iconic Australian kelpie shares canine ancestry with a dingo, despite Australian bush myth. The paper, published in the ...

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 ...

CANBERRA, Australia -- Australians have overwhelmingly welcomed the final chapter of a mystery that has captivated the nation for 32 years: Did a dingo really take a baby that vanished from an Outback ...

CANBERRA, Australia - Settling a notorious 1980 case that split the nation and led to a mistaken murder conviction, an Australian coroner ruled Tuesday that a dingo took a baby from a campsite in the ...