Eastern coyotes—a subspecies that has coyote, wolf and domestic dog DNA—run in a West Virginia forest. ForestWander.com via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 For well over a month, the internet has ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

Animals occasionally mate with members of another species, and nature occasionally endorses the match with a hybrid. Humans have taken advantage of hybridization to create striking oddities for ...

Newly sequenced genomes of blue whales in the Atlantic Ocean contain "unexpectedly high" levels of fin whale DNA, hinting that the two species have been interbreeding much more than previously ...

Genetic studies show there’s still a lot to learn about cross-species mating in the Arctic. Spotting polar-grizzly bear hybrids in the wild can be tricky. This polar bear's darker face and body shape ...

Feb. 7, 2005 — -- Animal-human hybrids have long been the stuff of fairy tales and myths -- from the half-man, half-horse centaur to singing mermaids. Now the swift pace of genetic engineering ...

Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found.

LONDON - British scientists want a new expert body to regulate experiments mixing animal and human DNA to make sure no medical or ethical boundaries are crossed. In a report issued today, scientists ...

Warming temperatures have prompted a rare hybridization of a blue jay and green jay, according to researchers at the ...