Nauyin beagle ya kasance a cikin daruruwan shekaru kuma yana daya daga cikin shahararrun nau'in karnuka a duniya. A cewar daya daga cikin masana tarihi na karnuka kiwo, bayanan beagles sun bayyana a farkon karni na 15.
Beagles sun fito ne daga hounds, waɗanda mafarauta ke amfani da su don farautar rukuni a Ingila, Wales, da Faransa. An yi amfani da karnuka iri-iri da aka fi sani da beagles na aljihu don farautar dawakai kasancewar karnukan sun kai tsayin inci 10 kuma ana iya kawo su cikin aljihu don farauta. An fi amfani da beagles wajen farautar zomaye, amma kuma ana amfani da irin wannan nau’in wajen farautar dabbobi daban-daban kamar su jakka da boars.
Kodayake har yanzu ana amfani da wasu beagles don farauta duka ɗaya da kuma cikin fakiti, yawancin beagles yanzu dabbobi ne da aka fi so.