The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull ...

Ant queens stay close to home in their hunt for a mate and as a result produce thousands of inbred offspring, a study led by a University of Exeter biologist has found. The research, published this ...

What drives a female to sleep around? For red flour beetles, too much inbreeding may do the trick, according to new research showing that when populations of the beetles become inbred, females get ...

Female extra-pair reproduction in socially monogamous systems is predicted to cause cuckolded socially-paired males to conditionally reduce paternal care, causing selection against extra-pair ...

From a strictly evolutionary perspective, there’s no reason why female beetles should be promiscuous. Unlike males, taking on multiple partners won’t allow females to spread their genes more widely, ...

Biologists have long known that inbreeding can be detrimental. Inbreeding results in less genetic variation, making species more vulnerable if changes occur that require them to adapt. Now we know ...

Animals that are inbred make mistakes in response to changes in their surroundings, at a cost to themselves and their young. Animals that are inbred make mistakes in response to changes in their ...

There is growing interest in how environmental conditions, such as resource availability, can modify the severity of inbreeding depression. However, little is known about whether inbreeding depression ...

An agronomist has launched a Doubled Haploid Facility that can develop pure, inbred corn lines in less time than traditional methods. Agronomists at Iowa State University are offering doubled haploid ...