Perhaps also surprising, the remains of cats and artistic depictions of them have been observed in various archaeological ...

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

People liked dogs so much they invented them not once, but twice. A genetic scan of ancient dogs suggests that humans domesticated pooches separately — once in Europe, and once in East Asia, ...

A new study has shown that Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication. The University of Arkansas found that urban ...

Attempts to domesticate these animals could prove harmful — to both the animal and their possible owner. Learn why you shouldn’t domesticate these animals. Man has been domesticating animals for more ...

The standard story told about domesticating wild animals goes something like this: humans selected individuals with a desired trait—docility, for example—and bred those animals together to produce ...

Every dog has its day, and scientists are trying to figure out when that first day happened. At some point in ancient history humans developed close relationships with four-legged creatures that would ...

The domestication of dogs by humans was so inevitable, it may have happened more than once, according to a new study. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Science, a team of international ...

It is often argued that taming wildlife and keeping them in captivity was our most consequential accomplishment because these animals provided a steady and secure source of critically important ...

Dogs have been evolving as human companions for at least about 14,000 years. Cats have lived with us for 12,000. But if you want something a little more cutting edge–and you’re willing to pay up– a ...