A good way to start an argument among biologists is to ask them what seems a simple question: "What is a species?" To evolutionary theorists, a species is a fundamental unit, and transitions between ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

In the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, Rackham student Matthew Chatfield carefully inspects each salamander before he snaps off their tails with his hands and brings the tails back to his lab in ...

Modern-day felines may be the ultimate mutts. Different species of cats mated with each other at several points in history, a new genetic study of felines reveals. These ancient cat hybrids may have ...

Dominic has a degree from the University of Winchester in film production and is currently studying for his second degree in biology at the Open University. Dominic has a degree from the University of ...

When a lion and a tiger cross paths in nature, they usually compete. They do not fall in love. They do not form families.

Let's face it. Centaurs, chimeras, griffins, the Little Mermaid, the Thunder Cats and all those cool hybrid creatures from Avatar: The Last Airbender are just legends and fantasies. And Peter Parker ...

A Liger is a hybrid of a male lion and a female tiger, known for its large size. Tigons, offspring of a male tiger and female lion, are smaller and less common. Liger births were first recorded in ...

Seven-year-old Allen has a problem many of us face: He would like to be half-man, half-cheetah, but he doesn't know where to begin. Does the technology exist to give him the spots, speed, adorable ...