Nature is full of surprises, but few are as fascinating as hybrid animals, creatures born from crossing two different species ...

Animals occasionally mate with members of another species, and nature occasionally endorses the match with a hybrid. Humans have taken advantage of hybridization to create striking oddities for ...

A team of researchers recently discovered the kunga as the earliest example of human animal hybrid breeding. The animal was a cross between a female donkey and a male Syrian wild ass and was used to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Ever heard of a grolar bear? A grizzly mixed with a polar bear? Hybridization is a thing and it's happening more often thanks to - you guessed it - climate change. Michelle ...

(CN) — Scientists announced Friday they have used genome sequencing to uncover the earliest known evidence of humans breeding hybrid animals. According to research published in the journal Science ...

In the Disney movie, “The Fox and the Hound,” the two eponymous animals become unlikely friends. It turns out, the pairing may not have been so far-fetched. A dog-fox hybrid was recently discovered in ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

We often think of species as separate and distinct, but sometimes they can interbreed and create hybrids. When this happens consistently in a specific area, it forms what's known as a hybrid zone.

Side by side comparison of the golden-collared manakin (left), the white-collared manakin (right), and a hybrid (middle) taken from the genomic center, where hybrids are most genetically mixed yet ...