Lyudmila Trut, who has died aged 90, was a Soviet scientist and lead researcher on the silver fox domestication study, one of the most significant biology experiments of the 20th century, compressing ...

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 ...

Foxes can look a lot like domesticated dogs considering they're members of the canine family. They are the only member of the canine family that can adeptly climb trees. Pet foxes can be cute, comical ...

In a video with over one million views on TikTok, a wild fox plays with what appears to be a ball, letting it roll down a hilly slope and chasing after it. The video is tagged #domesticatedfox. “He ...

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 ...

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, ...

Whether it’s ads on TikTok or you’re a fan of the story itself, you’ve likely been wondering how to watch the full How to Tame a Silver Fox movie – and thankfully, there’s an easy answer. Let’s be ...

Prologue: Why can't a fox be more like a dog? -- A bold idea -- Fire-breathing dragons no more -- Ember's tail -- Dream -- Happy family -- Delicate interactions -- The word and its meaning -- An SOS - ...

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 ...

Videos of friendly, gentle foxes approaching humans, seemingly wanting to play, are going viral on TikTok. But just because a species is sociable doesn't necessarily make it domesticated. An urban red ...