Dingo pups at 3 weeks old (Image credit: ozflash via Getty Images) Dingo classification/taxonomy. The taxonomy of the dingo has been inconsistent for more than two centuries. The animal was first ...

Despite pushback from farmers, groundbreaking new DNA research has led Australian officials to consider the protection status ...

Dingoes might look like your run-of-the-mill mongrel pooch, and for years, researchers assumed the dingo's ancestors were domesticated dogs from East Asia that subsequently went wild. But it turns ...

The dingo is not a wild dog but its own distinct species, according to a new study published in the Journal of Zoology. Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University ...

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 ...

Mr Kilpatrick says the classification will allow better dingo protection. "We've always been told that the animal, because it's just not part of the Australian scene really, ...

The dingo is not endangered but interbreeding with domestic dogs is a major problem. About 80% of dingoes are now thought to be hybrids. Dingoes are most common along the edges of forests and ...

Most Australians probably assume dingoes are a type of wild dog but new research argues they should be considered a distinct species. On the one hand, it is an esoteric argument between scientists ...

Widespread reforms to WA's Biodiversity Conservation Act will not consider a change to the existing classification of the iconic dingo as a wild dog, not native to Australia.