(via Minute Earth) There are several ways to think about ancestry, and all of them suggest you have fewer unique ancestors ...

One of the most famous modern day examples of cousin-related inbreeding is the Whittaker family from Odd, West Virginia. Siblings Ray, Betty, Larry and Lorene, as well as her son Timmy ...

The Whittaker family, known as the most inbred in America, lost their home in a fire, forcing them to live in 'cramped ...

These animals are vulnerable to habitat destruction, climate change, and inbreeding due to low population numbers. While ...

Discovered in low-lying rocky mountains in central Sabah, the species was named for the orangutan, because its hair resembles ...

This means a higher likelihood for hip and elbow dysplasia, blindness, epilepsy, the sort of conditions us conscientious ...

Children of this type of inbreeding are also twice as likely to be treated for an illness requiring antipsychotic medicines, like schizophrenia. Marriage between first cousins is legal in ...

A Democrat from St. Ann is once again pushing for legislation placing more restrictions on commercial dog breeders, though it ...

The doctoral dissertation of Aslak Eronen, MSc, entitled "Hybridization of landlocked and anadromous Atlantic salmon: Potential genetic rescue in a population threatened by inbreeding" will be ...

The NHS is grappling with increasing numbers of birth defects and other genetic conditions linked to first-cousin marriages, as British MPs debate whether to outlaw the practice. Former ...

The macaque monkeys featured in Launceston's City Park will die out and not be replaced if the council adopts its proposed plan to sterilise the troop. The mayor says there is no longer a way to ...