Over the years we've seen the debut of hybrid animals like the liger and the wholfin, with each new mixed creature raising questions about interspecies breeding and the future of unique animals like ...

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 ...

A baby liger celebrated turning 100 days old in central China on September 15. Jing Jing was born on April 26, one of three cubs, to a female liger and a male tiger — the first of its kind in the ...

There are no wild ligers. Indeed, hybrids were once thought to be rare in nature—and of little consequence in an evolutionary sense. But now we know they can play an important role in speciation—the ...

As the planet warms, strange new animals are emerging in unexpected places. These creatures might look like they have come ...