By Kristine Sabillo Genetic diversity within many species is declining globally, according to a recently published study. “Any threat that reduces the size of a population, or which causes a larger ...

This project may inform conservation policy in the face of climate change as one of the species involved in the larger California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP).

In the most comprehensive global analysis of genetic diversity ever undertaken, an international team of scientists has found that the genetic diversity is being lost across the globe but that conserv ...

In one clip, a black wolf and a gray wolf slowly crossed a stream in the forest, the water nearly up to their bellies, before ...

Conservationists see hopeful signs despite an overall decline in genetic diversity. In the most extensive global analysis of ...

By Gilbert Nakweya NAIROBI ― Understanding the genetic traits of chimpanzees and how they help them adapt to unique conditions in different habitats is critical to maintaining their resilience and ...

But, efforts to improve environmental conditions, restore habitats, grow populations, and introduce new animals for breeding and maintaining and sometimes even increasing genetic diversity in species.

It highlights the need for conservation of genetic diversity to move beyond reactive strategies after decline has set in. At the heart of this issue, lies the fundamental question: how should ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California’s coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ...

Work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado is helping save one of the most endangered ...

While the decline in genetic diversity is concerning, some of the studies analyzed described conservation actions that could slow or reverse genetic loss “by improving habitat quality ...