New DNA evidence shows dingoes are almost 90% pure – and fall into eight distinct groups

Dingoes have roamed Australia for at least 3,000 years. These clever canines are the mainland’s only native apex predator on land. They also hold deep cultural and spiritual meaning for many First ...
Ancient Origins

Dingo’s Ritual Burial Reveals Bond Between Indigenous People and Wild Canine

For more than a thousand years, the dingo’s howl echoed across the Australian landscape, a common sound for Indigenous peoples. Far from being just wild animals, dingoes became hunting partners, camp ...

1,000-year-old dingo bones show that it was injured, cared for, and ritually buried

The remains of an ancient dingo is shining new light on deep relationships between Australia’s First Nations and the wild ...
Sun Sentinel

Dingoes attack a woman jogging on Australian island beach and leave her hospitalized

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pack of dingoes drove a woman who was jogging into the surf and attacked her in the latest clash between native dogs and humans on a popular Australian island, sparking ...
NPR

Dingo pack leader killed after attacking a jogger on a popular Australian island

CANBERRA, Australia — Wildlife authorities have killed the leader of a pack of dingoes that mauled a jogger on a popular Australian tourist island in a ferocious attack that a rescuer said could have ...