The dog-fox hybrid that briefly occupied Brazil's animal experts, and the world's social media feeds, is a sign of human encroachment and reproduction gone sideways. Matt is a staff writer for ...

A truly unusual creature has captured the curiosity of many: The Jaglion. Born from the unexpected union of a male jaguar and a female lion, this hybrid has sparked intense debate, raising questions ...

Scientists better understand how and why hybridization leads to diverse evolutionary outcomes – such as increased genetic diversity in a species, versus creation of a species that’s wholly new – ...

‘Hybrid speciation’ implies that hybridization has had a principal role in the origin of a new species. The definition applies cleanly to hybrid species that have doubled their chromosome number ...

In the summer of 2020, scientists in Pennsylvania caught sight of something no one had ever seen before: a bird that looked like a rose-breasted grosbeak but sang like a scarlet tanager. Upon closer ...

Scientists and science writers have created catchy monikers for hybrid species, much the way tabloid writers merge the names of celebrity couples (Kimye, Brangelina, anyone?). Lions and tigers make ...