After centuries of sustained effort, zebras remain evidence that domestication depends less on human ambition than on ...

City-dwelling raccoons are physically changing as they adapt to human environments. They are, however, still wild animals.

Though dogs are so close genetically to wolves that many taxonomists consider them to be a subspecies, most people wouldn’t let a wolf lick their hand as readily as a Shih Tzu. When animals are ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.

Raccoons may be inching closer to joining cats and dogs as people's furry besties — and our overflowing trash cans could be the reason why. According to KARK News, a study from the University of ...

A new genome study is providing some insight into the matter by determining the timing of a key milestone in feline domestication – the introduction of domestic cats into Europe from North Africa.

"The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domestication Across the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly affected ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A domesticated animal is one that has been bred and adapted ...

New analyses of bones, teeth, genetics and artifacts suggest it's time to revise a long-standing hypothesis for how humans domesticated horses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Dr. Sarah Bexell of the Institute for Human-Animal Connection (IHAC) at the University of Denver recently sent me a very interesting email. 1 She wrote, "A student, Stephanie, asked if there are cases ...