The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull deformities, and in this post, we see another lion with drastically shortened ...
Beluga whales avoid inbreeding by switching partners over time, helping a small, isolated population stay genetically healthy ...
Belugas are harder to study than most whales as they spend so much time under the Arctic ice. The post Beluga whales ‘swap ...
A red fox rests near Lassen Peak in this 2022 trail camera photo. Inbreeding is impacting Lassen's red foxes, which were abundant in the region before the 1900s, found a UC Davis study. (California ...
A rescue effort can take many forms — a life raft, a firehose, an airlift. For animals whose populations are in decline from inbreeding, genetics itself can be a lifesaver. Genomic research led by the ...
Whenever an animal species drops into the single digits, every risk to them matters. While not necessarily a common ...
Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as Thorin wandered the Earth up to 42,000 years ago. Now a new study in the ...
Premise of the study: Invasive species are nonnative species that enter novel environments, establish sustained populations, and can negatively impact native species. Here we assess a potential ...
A rescue effort can take many forms — a life raft, a firehose, an airlift. For animals whose populations are in decline from inbreeding, genetics itself can be a lifesaver. Genomic research led by UC ...
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