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 ...

An urban red fox wanders on top of a brick wall. People who see evidence of “self-domestication” in foxes are confusing it with habituation, experts say. Jakub Rutkiewicz, Shutterstock In a video with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lyudmila Trut with one of her domesticated foxes Lyudmila Trut, who has died aged 90, was a Soviet scientist and lead researcher ...

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Foxes are described as “dog hardware running cat software.” These animals are incredible problem solvers, build extremely detailed mental maps of their environment, and can recognize individuals. Over ...