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 ...

For centuries, European royal families arranged marriages within their own bloodlines to preserve power, alliances, and what they believed to be “pure” heritage. Over 16 generations, this strategy ...

The first look at a threatened rattlesnake species' recent genetic history suggests that inbreeding necessitated by limited habitat may not be as detrimental as theory would predict it to be. The ...