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 summer of 2020, scientists in Pennsylvania caught sight of something no one had ever seen before: a bird that looked like a rose-breasted grosbeak but sang like a scarlet tanager. Upon closer ...

Apparently the Amman Zoo hopes that their tiger and lion will mate. Eep. Their baby would be a liger. According to the Sierra Safari: A liger is the result of breeding a male lion with a female tiger.