Inbreeding

A harrowing new documentary has shone a light on a taboo subject that continues to go on in America — inbreeding. New York-based photographer Mark Laita interviewed members of the West Virginia-based Whittaker family who suffered extreme…

Orcas off B.C.'s coast have been critically endangered for many years, and scientists have found that a lack of genetic variability may be why. A new study out of Washington state, published March 23 on the journal Nature, has found that…