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 ...

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 ...

The liger is the offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris). There is another type of lion-tiger hybrid called a tigon, which results from the breeding of a male ...

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 ...

When a lion and a tiger cross paths in nature, they usually compete. They do not fall in love. They do not form families. Their territories, instincts, and lifestyles are different. Yet under rare and ...

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 ...