The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull deformities, and in this post, we see another lion with drastically shortened ...

Ant queens stay close to home in their hunt for a mate and as a result produce thousands of inbred offspring, a study led by a University of Exeter biologist has found. The research, published this ...

What drives a female to sleep around? For red flour beetles, too much inbreeding may do the trick, according to new research showing that when populations of the beetles become inbred, females get ...

From a strictly evolutionary perspective, there’s no reason why female beetles should be promiscuous. Unlike males, taking on multiple partners won’t allow females to spread their genes more widely, ...

Biologists have long known that inbreeding can be detrimental. Inbreeding results in less genetic variation, making species more vulnerable if changes occur that require them to adapt. Now we know ...

Inbreeding in livestock happens when closely related animals mate. Animals from a certain breed are closely related and will pass their undesirable traits to the offspring through mating. All animals ...

An agronomist has launched a Doubled Haploid Facility that can develop pure, inbred corn lines in less time than traditional methods. Agronomists at Iowa State University are offering doubled haploid ...

An Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist came upon this Alexander Archipelago wolf on Prince of Wales Island in the summer of 2018. It had been sleeping. It woke up and moved away.

A farmer prepares to inseminate a cow at Kehancha, Kuria East, Migori County on January 21, 2020. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] Inbreeding in livestock happens when closely related animals mate. Animals ...