Beluga whales avoid inbreeding by switching partners over time, helping a small, isolated population stay genetically healthy ...

In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA testing has revealed that one of them had a rare genetic condition.

Imagine someone digs you up in 15,000 years and discovers what you had for lunch the day that you died. That’s more or less ...

Queensland government says it has already killed six of the 10 dingoes seen near the body of 19-year-old Piper James ...

Australian authorities euthanised a group of dingoes following the death of a Canadian backpacker on K’gari, angering ...

Fewer than 3,500 remain and numbers have been continuing to drop. Find out what is being done to save the endangered population.

14,000 years ago, a weeks-old wolf puppy ate its last meal — meat from a woolly rhinoceros — shortly before dying on the ...

Three young Rothschild's giraffes havebeen moved from Soysambu Conservancyto Giraffe Centre in Nairobias part of efforts to strengthen genetic diversity and prevent inbreeding. The Kenya Wildlife ...

Ankole genetics were introduced into South Africa by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2004 after he visited Uganda. In 2016, ...

The Southern California mountain lions are up for permanent protection from a state environmental agency. Will this help them ...

Queensland government says pack linked to 19-year-old’s death pose ‘unacceptable public safety risk’ as Indigenous traditional owners say they were not consulted ...