Superficially, gene flow between dingoes and European dogs sounds like a negative outcome. Our research, however, suggests ...

Eastern coyotes—a subspecies that has coyote, wolf and domestic dog DNA—run in a West Virginia forest. ForestWander.com via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 For well over a month, the internet has ...

Hybrid animals sound like science fiction, but many of them are completely real. Some are born from natural mating between similar species, while others are the result of scientific experiments that ...

As the planet warms, strange new animals are emerging in unexpected places. These creatures might look like they have come from science fiction or ancient myths, but they are real-life hybrids. These ...

Ever heard of a liger? Or how about a zonkey? If you're unfamiliar, crossbreeding is the strengthening of the species genes of one animal by breeding with a stronger mate of another animal. Sometimes ...

An image of a creature in a swampy environment with body parts reminiscent of a turtle, octopus, and, perhaps, a crustacean have repeatedly been shared with various false or satirical backstories.