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Gentoo Penguins Reclassified as Four Species and New Kerguelen Species Named

The peer‑reviewed split will force new conservation reviews because models show three of the lineages could lose much of their subantarctic habitat by about 2050.

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Study Finds Healthy, Connected Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe Before Extinction

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Study Finds Northwest European Neanderthals Were Connected and Not Genetically Collapsing

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Scottish Island Wrens Show Gigantism and Genetic Isolation

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Study Recasts Post-Rome Europe as Integration, Not Invasion

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New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

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Genome Survey Finds African Elephants Largely Healthy, Isolated Herds at Genetic Risk

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Genetic Study Points to Human Reintroduction of Nutria in California From Oregon

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Pyrenees Brown Bears Reach 108 as Watchdog Warns of Rising Inbreeding

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Japan’s Tokara Leaf Warbler Recognized as New Species on Genetic and Song Evidence

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Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

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158 Hybrid Tortoises Released on Floreana in Major Rewilding Step

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Ancient DNA Study Traces Britain’s Bell Beaker Migrants to Rhine–Meuse Wetlands

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Bristol Bay Belugas Swap Mates Across Years, Preserving Genetic Diversity

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Genome Survey Finds Heartworm Evolved With Wild Canids, Forming Regional Lineages

Population Genetics

Gentoo Penguins Reclassified as Four Species and New Kerguelen Species Named

Scientists Name New Subantarctic Gentoo Penguin Species

Scientists Detect DNA From Two Unknown Ancient Hominins in Modern Humans

New ARG Method Finds ‘Ghost’ and Super‑Archaic Hominin DNA in All Humans

Nuremberg Zoo Faces Ongoing Probe After Killing of 12 Guinea Baboons

Mice at 22,000 Feet: How the World's Highest‑Dwelling Mammal Survives

Study Finds Healthy, Connected Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe Before Extinction

Study Finds Northwest European Neanderthals Were Connected and Not Genetically Collapsing

Scottish Island Wrens Show Gigantism and Genetic Isolation

Study Recasts Post-Rome Europe as Integration, Not Invasion

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New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Genome Survey Finds African Elephants Largely Healthy, Isolated Herds at Genetic Risk

Genetic Study Points to Human Reintroduction of Nutria in California From Oregon

Pyrenees Brown Bears Reach 108 as Watchdog Warns of Rising Inbreeding

Japan’s Tokara Leaf Warbler Recognized as New Species on Genetic and Song Evidence

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

158 Hybrid Tortoises Released on Floreana in Major Rewilding Step

Ancient DNA Study Traces Britain’s Bell Beaker Migrants to Rhine–Meuse Wetlands

Bristol Bay Belugas Swap Mates Across Years, Preserving Genetic Diversity

Genome Survey Finds Heartworm Evolved With Wild Canids, Forming Regional Lineages

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