In a recent study, scientists from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have utilized ...

Over the years, claims about adorable black-and-white "pandogs" have spread online, suggesting that two beloved species — man's best friend and China's best-known animal — have interbred. Footage of ...

New research has thrown a spanner in the works for giraffe conservation, after analyzing the genetics of giraffes kept in ...

Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never encounter in the wild. And, in some ...

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A new study presents genomic evidence of hybridization between two closely related species of sea stars -- Asterias rubens, the common starfish, and Asterias forbesi, known as Forbes' sea star.

In 2021, an animal shelter in Vacaria, Brazil discovered an animal that appeared to hybrid between a domestic dog and a pampas fox—a “false” fox that’s actually a canid more similar to wolves and ...

The California tiger salamander relies on seasonal ponds to breed. But for decades, the species has been under pressure from ...