The Xoloitzcuintli, also known as the Xolo or Mexican Hairless Dog, is a breed that has fascinated dog lovers and historians ...

These rare Xolo pups look just like baby hippos, and their breeder is working to save the ancient breed from extinction.

What makes the Xolo’s official recognition noteworthy is the breed’s unexpected redemption. The AKC erased the breed from its stud book 50 years ago when interest in this once-popular dog faded and ...

MEXICO CITY — Mezcal is not your ordinary pet. Hundreds of years ago the Latin American Indigenous group, the Nahuas, believed that a hairless dog like him, a Xoloitzcuintle, was a sacred creature ...

Curious about Xoloitzcuintli Mexican hairless dogs? Here's everything you need about this ancient dog breed, which you may ...

MEXICO CITY – Mezcal is not your ordinary pet. Hundreds of years ago the Latin American Indigenous group, the Nahuas, believed that a hairless dog like him, a Xoloitzcuintle, was a sacred creature who ...

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 ...

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 ...

2,000 pristine physical specimens are descending upon Manhattan as we speak, there to primp and preen and strut their stuff for an audience of some of the world's most discerning taste-makers. But ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Freckles speckle his pink wrinkly skin. Ginger whiskers sprout only between his veiny ears, beneath his gummy chops and at the end of a rat-like tail. In a park full of fluffy ...