In 1959, the Soviet zoologist Dmitry Belyaev began selectively breeding silver foxes. Those least afraid of people were chosen to reproduce. His goal was to simulate the process that turned fierce … ...

For the last 60 years, scientists in Siberia have bred silver foxes to be increasingly tame, with the goal of revealing the evolutionary and genetic underpinnings of domestication. This research ...

As famously laid out by Russian zoologist Dmitry Belyayev in the 1960s and 1970s during his "silver fox experiments," domestication syndrome posits that there are certain common physical traits ...

An abandoned rare 'silver fox' has been captured by experts after being spotted in a Welsh town. The creature, belonging to a captive-bred line of North American red foxes, had been seen roaming ...

In 1959, the Soviet zoologist Dmitry Belyaev began selectively breeding silver foxes. Those least afraid of people were chosen to reproduce. His goal was to simulate the process that turned fierce ...

Joker, a silver fox at Wolf Park in Indiana. A decades-long experiment on taming silver foxes informed a key theory about animal domestication that is now being called into question.