Although research has linked inbreeding with elevated rates of deformity in a wide variety of animals, a new study finds it plays no part in the high incidence of malformation among salamanders.
For the first time in a half-century of studying wolves on Isle Royale, scientists have found conclusive evidence that the animals are inbreeding to the point of physical deformities. For years ...
LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — At least three mountain lions roaming Southern California have deformities linked to inbreeding, according to biologists who say the findings provide stark evidence of ...
The discovery was heartbreaking for biologists, who consider the mountain lions of Southern California to be among the most threatened mammals in North America: a young male with the distortions of ...
The first reproductive signs of inbreeding have been found in mountain lions being monitored in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains, scientists say, a discovery that reveals a serious threat to ...
The wolves on Isle Royale are suffering from genetically deformed bones. Scientists from Michigan Technological University blame the extreme inbreeding of the small, isolated wolf population at the ...
The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study. Because inbreeding can negatively impact survival and reproduction, the results could guide ...
Inbreeding may have been a common practice among early human ancestors, fossils show. The evidence comes from fragments of an approximately 100,000-year-old human skull unearthed at a site called ...
FORT THOMAS, Ky. (WKRC) - A puppy suffering from myriad health problems believed to be caused by inbreeding had to be rushed into emergency surgery, an animal rescue says. Local 12 first introduced ...