For decades, the remote Ogasawara Islands—a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo—have ...

In the work of Edward Dutton we can see the way “spiteful mutants” turn on those who do not have deleterious mutations out of ...

In 1995, panthers from Texas were introduced to the Sunshine State in an attempt to preserve the Florida panther population from inbreeding leading toward extinction. A new study shows that inbreeding ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological ...

Florida panthers are making a comeback. That's the conclusion a team including UCLA biologists has come to following an attempt at a genetic rescue for the cat that began 30 years ago. Subscribe to ...

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, ...

The red-headed wood pigeon, a critically endangered species endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Although it was on the verge of extinction in the 2000s, it can now be seen even near residential ...