Most of the mice held at the Max Planck Institutes come from the Institutes’ own breeding programmes ... the laboratory animals are flight animals. In nature they spend most of their time in ...

Some dog lovers also know that Labradors are susceptible to hip dysplasia, while deafness and kidney stones run in Dalmatians. But why is this the case? Breeding dogs for particular ...

Animals also choose their mates, sometimes with a great deal of care. Mating systems are important to understand because they reflect the result of natural selection on mate choice, and ultimately ...

Selective breeding is when organisms are deliberately ... Sometimes individuals from two different species can reproduce. For example, animals called ligers are produced when a male lion and ...

Jersey Zoo is looking at "drastically reducing" its breeding programme of endangered animals. The chief executive officer of Durrell said Brexit had caused it problems in terms of moving animals.

Selective breeding is when organisms are deliberately ... Sometimes individuals from two different species can reproduce. For example, animals called ligers are produced when a male lion and ...