Dogs (Canis familiaris) and foxes (Dusicyon vetulus) are its major reservoirs, and transmission is by the female Lutzomyia longipalpis, a hematophagous insect (3). In general, VL clinical features in ...

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Wilkes County Animal Control confirmed that two people were bitten by a rabid grey fox on the greenway near West Park earlier this week.

Biology of Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772) (Acari: Ixodidae) on Some Laboratory Hosts in Brazil Vol. 97 (6): 853-856, September 2002 Daniel Sobreira Rodrigues, Henrique Ávila de Carvalho, André ...

Wild Things columnist Eric Brown discovers foxes may once have been man's best friend and warns anyone visiting Dulwich to take an umbrella in another column of wildlife oddbits.

Darwin himself was puzzled about how the warrah (Dusicyon australis), had arrived in the archipelago. Though the creature is sometimes referred to as the Falklands fox, the warrah did not ...

A Unique Discovery in the Life of Hunter-Gatherers The thorough examination of the remains helped identify what species it was, and the samples suggest that it wasn’t a dog that was the best friend of ...

They identified it as the extinct Dusicyon avus, per BBC, which went extinct about 500 years ago. What archaeologists know about the grave site Discovered by accident during a mining activity, the ...

The discovery adds to a growing body of evidence from burial sites on other continents indicating that individual foxes were tamed by humans and shared a connection based on companionship.

The nearly complete skeleton has been identified as a member of an extinct fox species, Dusicyon avus, which once roamed Patagonia’s grasslands. Juandertal via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4 ...

An extinct fox in Argentina - known as Dusicyon avus - may have once been man's best friend, sharing a powerful bond with early humans.

The Dusicyon avus species became extinct about 500 years ago, but its relationship with early humans provides intriguing insights into our ancestors' interactions with wildlife.