Indigenous persons in the Pacific Northwest used it to make blankets. This is an Inside Science story. Some people indigenous to the Pacific Northwest selectively bred special "wool dogs" to make ...

Pet fur conservator Marion Wheatland's job title is as unique as the work itself. Ms Wheatland takes dog fur and spins it into yarn to knit or crochet objects that owners can keep as treasured ...

Move over, sheep. Adios, alpacas. You don’t need a pasture or hay to make soft, lovely yarn. Just a lowly pooper-scooper. Clothing and other items made from dog hair, sometimes referred to as ...

Many owners take their dogs to groomers for a trim anyway. Why toss the trimmings when they can be so valuable? Many owners take their dogs to groomers for a trim anyway. Why toss the trimmings when ...

After I learned that Frances, my 13-year-old black cat, was dying of heart disease — her heart is too large, beating too fast — my first impulse was to think about how best to commemorate her, when ...

The dogs' fleeces were shorn like sheep, with Coast Salish weavers using the wool to craft blankets and baskets that served ceremonial and spiritual purposes. "I was always curious about why and how ...