Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never encounter in the wild. And, in some ...

Julius Beukes, a well-known Dohne Merino breeder near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal, spoke to Magda du Toit about his production ...

Hendrix Genetics has received Technical Recognition from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the category of Sustainable Livestock Transformation. The award was ...

There aren’t many beef producers who can say they have a PhD qualified quantitative geneticist and a software engineer on ...

Developing high-yielding, nutritious and climate-resilient crops is vital to safeguard the future of global food production.

New research has thrown a spanner in the works for giraffe conservation, after analyzing the genetics of giraffes kept in ...

A new reptile genetics testing company, Phenome, is working on fully mapping out the genomes of a number of reptile species for the first time. The company first made its debut this year at the North ...

The field of genetics has evolved rapidly in recent years, however early understanding of inheritance patterns began much ...

NEW BEDFORD – Buttonwood Park Zoo is not just a place where visitors can see exotic animals in their habitats, but it is also a hub for scientific research and conservation efforts. With the zoo’s ...

Dog breeding is a huge, lucrative international enterprise, and there are clear problems in breeders’ efforts to produce dogs who suffer from any number of physical and emotional maladies to satisfy ...

Mr. Brady became the latest celebrity to try to preserve a pet’s genetics, a move that animal rights groups have criticized.

Animal welfare experts raised red flags about the zoo, including the lack of privacy in the enclosures and the zoo’s breeding ...