While watching the canine-centered action-adventure "The Call of the Wild" (in theaters Friday), we couldn't help but wonder: Why is the star dog Buck a lumbering St. Bernard mix and instead of ...

Dog lovers, meet an adorable pup coming to the big screen in February: Buck from "The Call of the Wild." Adapted from the literary classic, the film tells the story of a big-hearted dog whose ...

Though The Call of the Wild is about dogs, this same heartlessness is vividly depicted in the book. Buck was based on a dog named Jack. While up north, London became friends with the brothers ...

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold ...

Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.

Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.

The Call of the Wild catapulted author Jack London to literary fame. The book follows a dog named Buck who’s forced from his cushy life in California to the Klondike Gold Rush, where he adapts ...