But when another group of researchers recently studied mitochondrial DNA from an African golden jackal and found it seemed more closely related to a gray wolf than to a Eurasian golden jackal, it ...

The "Egyptian jackal", as it's known, is not in fact a jackal at all, despite the visual similarities it bears to another local species, the golden jackal. The discovery sheds light on how wolf ...

DNA analysis has shown that the Egyptian jackal, previously believed to be a subspecies of the golden jackal, is actually a relative of the grey wolf.

The scientific name for the golden jackal is Canis aureus. The researchers proposed renaming those in Africa Canis anthus, or the African golden wolf.

The jackal, which weighs up to 30lb, has been spotted as far north as Norway, as well as in France, Poland, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, and now in the Apennines of Italy.

Peacock renewed The Day of the Jackal for season 2 ahead of the explosive season 1 finale, but don't expect new episodes to drop in 2025 just yet.

Meet the First New Canine Found in 150 Years Golden jackals of Africa and Eurasia are actually two distantly related species—and one is a new species of wolf, a new study shows.

Scientists studying genetic evidence have discovered a new species of wolf living in Africa. The researchers have proved that the mysterious animal, known as the 'Egyptian jackal' and often ...

When is a jackal not a jackal? When it's a wolf. Golden jackals and golden wolves look alike, act alike, and long have been considered to be the same species.

The African golden wolf, Canis anthus, (left) and Eurasian golden jackal, C. aureus (right), were thought to be the same species, formerly known as the golden jackal. Now new genetic analysis has ...

DNA analysis has shown that the Egyptian jackal, previously believed to be a subspecies of the golden jackal, is actually a relative of the grey wolf.

DNA analysis has shown that the Egyptian jackal, previously believed to be a subspecies of the golden jackal, is actually a relative of the grey wolf.