Genetic diversity within many species is declining globally, according to a recently published study. “Any threat that reduces the size of a population, or which causes a larger population to become ...

Quick Take Successful recovery of the vaquita’s limited population depends on eliminating the threat of gillnet fishing in ...

The field of genetics is undergoing a quiet revolution, and it’s happening in the laboratories where scientists are learning to resurrect the genetic blueprints of extinct species. What began as an ...

In Nara, Japan, the revered sika deer faces a dilemma as their escalating population damages local farmlands. A new study has revealed a complex situation: while the sanctuary's deer upholds a ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA. Yet, these primates ...

An Asiatic cheetah at Tehran's Pardisan Park - Copyright AFP Fabrice COFFRINI An Asiatic cheetah at Tehran's Pardisan Park - Copyright AFP Fabrice COFFRINI This week ...

(1) Introduction on different applications of molecular tools to answer novel questions in the field of population genetics/genomics of endangered mammals (Mike Bruford, School of Biosciences, Cardiff ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first time. The mother, named Antonia, is a clone of another black-footed ferret, ...

Imagine if scientists could reach back through time and recover the genetic blueprints of species that vanished thousands of years ago, then use those ancient instructions to rebuild lost traits in ...

Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Section 1 - Background and Technical Notes -- Chapter 2 - Conservation status of Neotropical mammals: A review -- Chapter 3 - The use of molecular markers in Neotropical ...