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 1959, Soviet scientists embarked on an audacious experiment to breed a population of tame foxes, a strain of animals that wouldn’t be aggressive or fearful of people. Scientists painstakingly ...

In today's video, we explore the Russian experiments that transformed wild foxes into tame, domesticated pets. Conducted over decades, these studies selectively bred foxes for friendliness, revealing ...

Once there were wolves. Then the wolves became dogs. The transformation unfolded so gradually, perhaps over tens of thousands ...