As koalas in southern Australia have grown from a few hundred to almost half a million, the marsupials show signs of regaining lost genetic variation.

Population crashes are dangerous and can be irreversible. But new research shows they are not always an evolutionary dead end.

Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, ...

Koalas’ population comeback may be doing more than boosting numbers—it could also be rebuilding their lost genetic diversity.

These findings could be used to prevent plant inbreeding and promote genetic diversity in future conservation efforts. The ...

A new study published in Science is challenging long-held assumptions about how we measure genetic risk in endangered species. Researchers analyzed whole genomes from hundreds of koalas, finding that ...

The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull deformities, and in this post, we see another lion with drastically shortened ...