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 ...

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 ...

Quick Take Dog breeding genetics explain how dominant, additive, and recessive genes shape traits and disease risk in litters. Outcrossing expands the gene pool and lowers recessive disease risk, ...

The city of Ojai banned torture breeding, the practice of purposefully breeding animals like French Bulldogs, English bulldogs, pugs, and other animals to have deformed bodies and extreme features, ...

The mating game in the animal kingdom is nothing less than fascinating and somewhat weird. Some species pierce, clone, chew, or even fake their way through the mating process. To make survival ...