Breeding animals in Fields of Mistria is a long, drawn out process. Animals take several days to be born, and they don’t become adults for another set of days after. Animals (obviously) aren’t ...

One of the fundamental rules of inheritance states that different alleles (gene copies) of a trait, such as sex, are inherited with equal frequency. "However, we have long known that there are genes ...

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Humans have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow, according to a new study out of the University of Montpellier in southern France. Researchers studied tens of thousands of ...

Feeding the world in the midst of climate change and an ever-growing population demands scientists have access to scalable, flexible and sustainable genomic tools that add value to animal breeding ...

For conservation scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, helping animals “swipe right” on the best mate is all in a day’s work. With a mission to save animal ...

Get ready for Valentine’s Day by learning how zoo matchmakers use science to “swipe right” for conservation. Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s ...