Which Wild Animals Could Humans Domesticate Into the Next Great Pet?
There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty…
These rare Italian bears have evolved to be surprisingly chill
Friend shaped AND friend! Credit: Wikimedia Commons Bears are one of the big victims of deforestation. As more…
How Fearsome Wolves Became Loyal Dogs — and Changed Human History Forever
The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial…
Were Ancient Wolves And Bronze Age Humans Each Other’s Friends?
Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were found to be thousands of years…
‘That’s how we eventually got dogs’
Raccoons may be inching closer to joining cats and dogs as people’s furry besties — and our overflowing…
A Single Mutation Made Horses Rideable and Changed Human History
Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. Horses didn’t just change how people traveled. They rewired the course of civilization. Yet scientists…
Why do we domesticate some animals but not others? It’s all about the four Fs.
As the information age morphs into the misinformation age, it’s hard to know what to believe anymore. Falsehoods…