Spotlight on Science Writers: Lee Dugatkin

Lee Dugatkin introduces his 2018 award-winning book, How To Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution, in a Spotlight on Science Writers blog post on Science NetLinks.

Read an excerpt below:

“Lyudmila and I hope this book reaches readers from aspiring young scientists-to-be to more seasoned researchers. The six-decade-long study on domesticating foxes in Siberia that we write about has everything from cutting-edge science to political intrigue to human/animal love stories, but perhaps more than anything else, it shows that when smart people with a passion for science pair that with almost super-human perseverance, we can unwrap the mysteries of the world we live in.”

— Lee Dugatkin

Fox pup being pet. Photo courtesy of Lyudmila Trut and the Institute of Cytology and Genetics.