New Delhi: A study that analysed genes of South Indian populations suggests a high inbreeding rate of nearly 60 per cent. The historic practice of inbreeding or endogamy in which one marries ...

Inbreeding or chlamydia? It’s an impossible situation ... the koalas in the southwestern suburbs of Sydney are some of the only koalas in New South Wales that are still free of chlamydia, a contagious ...

Southwestern Sydney's koalas have avoided the chlamydia outbreak threatening the entire species. But their isolation has left them extremely inbred.

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Scientists trek across the U.S. with the aim of saving the endangered ocelot, utilizing fertility treatments to boost their populations. While only fewer than 100 ocelots reside in the wild in the U.S ...

In the race to save the endangered ocelot, scientists are trekking the United States, pursuing fertility treatments and ...

Hyderabad: Endogamy, the practice of marrying within the community, was identified as a primary cause of population-specific diseases.

A. McLennan et al, Low genetic diversity and high inbreeding in one of the last chlamydia-free strongholds for New South Wales koalas, Conservation Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s10592-025-01682-6 ...

Some great hammerhead sharks stay near Andros Island, revealing new insights into behavior and conservation of this ...

Great hammerhead sharks are slow to grow and slow to reproduce, which makes them very vulnerable to overfishing — worldwide ...