THE Colt family name sends shivers down the spines of locals in a remote Australian town – and anyone asking questions faces ...

In a more recent incident, a family suspected of being ‘the most inbred in the world’ made headlines after the discovery of their disturbing "incest" compound hidden in the Australian bushland.

Newly published research suggests that despite all the pampering corpse flower plants receive from their curators, ...

Close inbreeding can be a hit-and-miss technique, but close inbreeding was an "in" factor for several horses who featured prominently in the two most valuable events at Fair Grounds Race Course ...

A study published last month (February 24) in Current Biology finds that death, dispersals, and an unknown innate strategy help wild baboons avoid inbreeding. But the animals do sometimes mate with ...