So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

This means that there is a risk of inbreeding unless new animals are introduced into the closed populations. The study, which focused on the native black rhino in Tanzania, ...

Letting black rhinos roam freely may be the best way to save them from the hidden genetic dangers of inbreeding, according to a new study, the first to look at the whole genomes of these ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

In the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal, southern residents have been documented detaching lengths of seaweed and ...

Compulsory microchips as well as bans on ear-cropping and tail-docking are among a set of new rules to protect cats and dogs ...

Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the Salish Sea when ...

Where two tumours per animal are grown, for example, in contralateral flanks, the size should be correspondingly less and should not exceed the maximum burden of a single tumour.

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