Purebred dogs might look flawless on the outside, but their beauty often hides a disturbing genetic truth. For generations, breeders have prioritized traits like coat color and snub noses over genetic ...

A rare breed of hunting dogs known for its forked nose, the Turkish Pointer, might just help scientists better understand why human babies are sometimes born with facial clefts. In a recent study, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The nearly four dozen dogs rescued from a Pawtucket home last month are more frail than initially thought, according to the Rhode Island Society for Prevention of Cruelty to ...

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 ...

Many veterinarians do their best to put themselves out of business by keeping their patients healthy. Although there's some disagreement as to which actions will help the most, these are four things ...

Dog shows are very popular events in which dogs who are thought to be perfect ambassadors for their breed are paraded around by their humans and judged for just how good of a match they are for ...

We all understand the concept of inbreeding in human terms – where people who are too genetically similar reproduce, resulting in offspring with deformities. With each inbred generation, the gene pool ...