Invasion success of non-native species is often facilitated through complex interactions between biotic and abiotic factors operating at multiple spatial and temporal scales. In this study, ...

Many people living today have a small component of Neanderthal DNA in their genes, suggesting an important role for admixture with archaic human lineages in the evolution of our species. Paleogenetic ...

The discovery of a hybrid population of poplar trees in western Wyoming has provided insight into how natural hybridization informs the evolution of many plant species, according to researchers. They ...

Now, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that hybridization between the Mediterranean shearwater and the Balearic shearwater—a seabird at critical risk of ...

Researchers have for the first time determined that hybridization between two bird species can give rise to several novel and fully functional hybrid genomic combinations. This could potentially be ...