During the past six months, I’ve received no fewer than 20 emails asking if alpha dogs and wolves really exist. All were truly interested in learning more about this question, while two were very ...

YEMASSEE, SOUTH CAROLINA / ACCESS Newswire / January 21, 2026 / Alpha Genesis Inc., the largest nonhuman primate breeding and research services organization in the United States, today announced the ...

A recent New Yorker essay called "The Myth of the Alpha Wolf" by Rivka Galchen caught my attention and that of numerous people who emailed me about it. My purpose here is to clarify a number of points ...

Many animal groups decide where to go by a process similar to voting, allowing not only alphas to decide where the group goes next but giving equal say to all group members. But, for many species that ...

Cats clearly show each other who’s in charge. Yet, no one would claim to have an alpha animal. This theory doesn’t even hold for domestic dogs. Still, the term hierarchy often comes up with cats.