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The Scientist interviews evolutionary biologist Carles Vilà about how a large genomic inversion detected in common quail affects the birds’ physical characteristics and migratory behaviors.

Male lemurs secrete aldehydes from their wrist glands that may make them more attractive to females during the breeding season.

The captive breeding program at the Vulture Conservation Foundation gives a bearded vulture chick the chance to live in the wild.

The tamed foxes, whose appearances changed with breeding, weren’t wild to begin with, say the authors of a new study.

The number of new babies is up from zero born last year, but scientists say the birth rate is still too low to sustain the population of endangered whales.

A 37-year-old simiang gibbon on birth control unexpectedly gave birth at the San Diego Zoo.

Agriculture faculty members allege funding from industry organizations is tied to their employment status.

The first two bulls genetically engineered to lack horns arrived at the University of California, Davis, for breeding.

The selection of traits suitable for human companionship may have dragged along some unfavorable alleles.

Mice pairs with similar anxiety levels produce offspring more quickly than coupled animals with differing personalities, according to a recent study.

Genomics and advanced reproductive technologies have turned cattle breeding into a whole new animal.

Watch scenes from the 2013 World Dairy Expo, where KHW Regiment Apple-Red-ET won the reserve championship while her clone took home the grand championship.

Due to the effects of climate change, female fur seals that successfully breed do so later in life and are more likely to have increased variability within their genomes.

Will the public swallow science’s best solution to one of the most dangerous wheat pathogens on the planet?

See how a ruinous fungus that attacks wheat wreaks its damage.

New evidence indicates that invasive Asian carp have bred in the Lake Erie basin.

Developing assisted reproductive technologies may help endangered canids.

Breeding plants that can convert more carbon dioxide to food could help feed a growing population.