In the late 1990s, Theodore Roosevelt National Park officials decided to maintain a large herd to avoid inbreeding — something horse advocates are urging today. Wild horses have roamed what now is the ...
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Writers on the Range: Rare wolf faces hard road to recovery
Most people are familiar with the gray wolf, which was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, and has since ...
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Centuries of inbreeding may have helped rare pigeons pull back from brink of extinction
For many endangered species, population decline to the brink of extinction leads to inbreeding, exposing a species to deleterious recessive mutations that severely limit its potential to recover. But ...
Purebred dogs might look flawless on the outside, but their beauty often hides a disturbing genetic truth. For generations, breeders have prioritized traits like coat color and snub noses over genetic ...
Most people are familiar with the gray wolf, which was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, and has since established populations in several Western states. But there’s an endangered ...
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