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 ...

Studying how ancient animals lived and why they died out can offer important insight to protecting species today.

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 ...

Dog Inbreeding: Understanding the Impacts and Moving Toward Healthier Breeding Practices Dogs have been our companions for thousands of years, evolving from wild wolves to the diverse array of breeds ...

We all understand the concept of inbreeding in human terms – where people who are too genetically similar reproduce, resulting in offspring with deformities. With each inbred generation, the gene pool ...