The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull ...

"Fifty years from now, will there be Masai giraffes? I don't know. I think it's a 50/50 proposition," Douglas Cavener, who has published a new study on the risks facing the species, told Live Science.

The small size and isolation of the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have led to high levels of inbreeding. This inbreeding has contributed to their ...

Pure-bred dogs have been regarded as superior to crossbreeds or what some people refer to as mutts. However, we now ...

Increasing levels of inbreeding is a threat against the viability of the Scandinavian wolf population. A study just coming out in the new journal PLoS ONE now demonstrates that inbreeding is not ...

Climate change is rapidly melting sea ice in the Arctic, causing “large-scale changes” in how polar bears are able to function, according to a new study. In Norway, scientists found, the bears are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The effects of inbreeding on animals derived from a wild caught population of Mus musculus were examined for four traits: nest-building, ...

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Zoo killed healthy animal to prevent inbreeding Spectators%2C including children%2C were allowed to watch as carcass was skinned and fed to lions Move spurred online debate on zoo conditions and a ...

For reproduction, I have been using a bull which is an exotic breed; it is more of a Friesian. Neighboring farmers have also been using this bull. We have found this method more affordable and ...

In 1971, the Galapagos tortoise was nearly extinct. If not for the heroic reproductive efforts of one tortoise, the Chelonoidis hoodensis could have died out, but now there are more than 2,000 — and ...