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 ...

The state government in Queensland, Australia, is considering a classification change that would allow for dingoes to be kept as household pets. File Photo by Bianca De Marchi/EPA Nov. 7 (UPI) --The ...

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 ...

The Queensland government says removing restrictions on keeping dingoes does not mean people will be able to have them as pets, but experts fear that could be an unintended consequence. As part of a ...

The dingo was completely isolated from other canines on the Australian mainland for more than 5,000 years, until domestic dogs arrived on the scene. Subsequent concerns about livestock loss formed the ...

400-year-old female dingo skull from Skull Cave, Augusta, Western Australia. DNA from fossilised dingo remains going back 2746 years compared with modern dingoes’ Dingos arrived in Australia more than ...

Those who have been dreaming of a true-blue Aussie adventure, Dingo is their guy. This week’s Chautauqua County Humane Society Pet of the Week is a young, rambunctious pup bursting with the wild ...