In a remarkable turn of events, scientists have stumbled upon non-human DNA from ancient fossils, shaking the very ...

The rare bird, spotted in a backyard in Texas, is the first known blue jay-green jay hybrid in the wild, according to a new study.

North American mammoths interbred more often than previously believed, suggesting hybrids were surprisingly common in the ...

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M ammoth species in North America repeatedly interbred over thousands of years, creating hybrid offspring, a new fossil ...

North America's mammoth species were breeding together within the past 40,000 years. Fossil teeth found in Canada show that ...

Warming temperatures have prompted a rare hybridization of a blue jay and green jay, according to researchers at the ...

Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery.

Named Dogxim, the acronym comes precisely from its origin: dog (in English, “dog”) and graxaim do campo (pampas fox in ...

When an animal parent has a child, both will belong to the same species. Humans beget humans, combfish beget combfish, 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.