Purebred dogs might look flawless on the outside, but their beauty often hides a disturbing genetic truth. For generations, breeders have prioritized traits like coat color and snub noses over genetic ...

If you come across a rattlesnake in Michigan, it’s an eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus), the only venomous snake in the state. They’re relatively small for rattlers, averaging two to three feet ...

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New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest's endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts. The ...

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 ...

Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes are found in the wetlands of Michigan and other Midwestern states. “These are fairly large and stable populations of Eastern Massasaugas,” study co-author and Michigan ...

New research from the Royal Veterinary College, in collaboration with Cornell University, has found inbreeding to be a contributing factor in mid- and late-term pregnancy loss in Thoroughbreds. This ...

When it comes to love, a group of giraffes is keeping it in the family. It may be killing them. Biologists discovered alarmingly high levels of inbreeding among Masai giraffes, an endangered ...