Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An urban red fox wanders on top of a brick wall. People who see evidence of "self-domestication" in foxes are confusing it with ...

In a number of other Psychology Today posts (here and here), I have written about the remarkable silver fox domestication study that my colleague and friend Lyudmila Trut (who has been leading this ...

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Domesticated animals play a prominent role in our society, with two-thirds of American families enjoying the companionship of pets and many others relying on animal products for their nutritional ...

Foxes are wild animals, but some of their curious and playful behavior can make them seem surprisingly comfortable around ...

This marks my fourth Psychology Today post on a remarkable experiment in evolution that has been underway in Novosibirsk, Russia for the last sixty-one years. Researchers have been, year after year, ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — Two domesticated foxes were rescued earlier this month after being abandoned outside when their owner moved away, according to the Jefferson County Humane Society and ...

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New research led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows the historical origins of farmed fox populations through time and space. The population genetics study provides new insights into ...

Ceiridwen Terrill, associate professor at Concordia University in Portland, Ore., wrote a book about her experience raising a wolf-dog. For thousands of years, dogs have been our companions. After ...