In Nara, Japan, the revered sika deer faces a dilemma as their escalating population damages local farmlands. A new study has revealed a complex situation: while the sanctuary's deer upholds a ...

Jessie Beebe, Senior Research Associate at Colossal Biosciences, is at the forefront of innovative research at the ...

Xenarthrans constitute one of the most distinctive mammalian clades, with an evolutionary history deeply rooted in South America and a present-day ...

The Critically Endangered Antioquia Brushfinch (above) and an Antpitta (bird of Central/ South America) in the genus Grallaria, whose taxonomic affinities are under study, are two of the species that ...

Imagine if scientists could reach back through time and recover the genetic blueprints of species that vanished thousands of years ago, then use those ancient instructions to rebuild lost traits in ...

Around 3.4 million years ago, a hidden evolutionary tale unfolded in the Indo-Burma region: a cryptic pangolin species ...

The burgeoning field of macrogenetics is the focus of a new review published in Nature Reviews Genetics by a global, multidisciplinary team of researchers seeking to better answer fundamental ...

When American settlers arrived on the Great Plains in the 19th century, the bison they found seemed inexhaustible. Herds stretched dozens of miles from one end to the other, and paddle steamers plying ...

In Nara City, Japan, the sacred Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon), protected for over a millennium, has recently seen a population surge around Nara Park. Genetic analysis reveals mixing between ...