The Xoloitzcuintli dog breed — sometimes called the Mexican Hairless or just Xolo — may well have descended from the first dogs to set paw on the North American continent. In their native Mexico and ...

Some puppies are so strangely adorable that you have to watch the video twice just to make sure your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. That’s exactly what happens with this pair of rare ...

MEXICO CITY - Sleek with batlike ears, the hairless Xoloitzcuintles (show-low-ee-SQUINT-lees) look more like cartoon characters than canines. This rare breed's history dates back to the Aztecs, and it ...

Museum folklorist Cynthia Vid­aurri presents a talk on the xoloitzcuintli, commonly referred to as the Mexican hairless, an ancient dog breed that is deeply engrained in the culture and cosmologies of ...

Did you know there are dogs who don’t sport fur coats? That’s right, there are several hairless dog breeds, just like there ...