Ghost lineages reveal themselves through ancient genes that still exist in living beings today.

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

More than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear accident forced a mass evacuation, the region remains a ghost town for humans. But when humans go away, wildlife comes right back in. Among the most ...

Domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the nuclear disaster offer lessons in wildlife genetics and invasive species management.

Send Help” pits Rachel McAdams against a raging wild hog. Learn how true this feral pig showdown is to real-life science.

Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic ...

After a 3,200-kilometer (2,000-mile) journey from Patagonia National Park to El Impenetrable National Park and a year spent adapting to their new environment, five guanacos, South America’s largest ...

You might think you know the neighborhood wildlife, but there's a creature moving through East Coast cities and suburbs ...

Learn how boar populations in Fukushima’s evacuation zone are evolving rapidly after mating with abandoned domesticated pigs.

No, chimpanzees and other great apes cannot breed with monkeys. Even though we often think of primates – the order of mammals that includes great apes such as chimps and ourselves, gibbons, monkeys ...

Cutting-edge genetics has transformed scientists' understanding of dingoes. Dr Kylie Cairns is researching wildlife genetics ...

Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in many animals. Learn what it means, how it varies, and why human labels can mislead.