(I will just share and let folks read it because...damn.)

> From YouTube to state custody: Viral fame destroys America’s ‘most inbred family’ https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/from-youtube-to-state-custody-viral-fame-destroys-americas-most-inbred-family/

If you thought that one episode of 'The X-Files' was disturbing...

#WestVirginia #inbreeding

From YouTube to state custody: Viral fame destroys America’s 'most inbred family'

West Virginia’s adult protective services took Ray Whittaker, 72, his sister Lorene, 79, and her son Timmy, 46, from the family’s ramshackle property.

New York Post
The good ol' family circle!
Why Were So Many Royal Families Inbred? - Grunge

In the U.S, inbred families are usually stereotyped as poor and uneducated, but royal families, who are neither, did plenty of inbreeding. Here's why.

Grunge

How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding

"Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#ornithology #Kakapo #parrots #inbreeding #genetics https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-critically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd

How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding

"Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#ornithology #Kakapo #parrots #inbreeding #genetics https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-critically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd

How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding

"Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#ornithology #Kakapo #parrots #inbreeding #genetics https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-critically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd

How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding

"Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#ornithology #Kakapo #parrots #inbreeding #genetics https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-critically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd

Ornamental traits play a central role in sexual selection. Gussone et al. identify sources of phenotypic variation in ornamental traits by showing that inbreeding and genetic relatedness of rivals affect the dynamic colour-expression in competing males in a cichlid fish.
Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736181

#sexualSelection #phenotype #inbreeding #genetic #fish #ornamentalTraits

Rare Black Zebra Foal With Polka Dots Spotted In Kenya

"A rare newborn zebra foal with polka-dots instead of stripes has been photographed in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#wildlife #coloration #pigments #genetics #inbreeding #zebra #Africa #Kenya https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/rare-black-zebra-foal-with-polka