Beautiful Capped Langurs and Phayre’s #Langurs are interbreeding, risking both #species’ survival. Pressures of #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting are pushing the #monkeys to the edge in #Bangladesh #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🚫 @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-9bY
November 4, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Beautiful Capped Langurs and Phayre’s #Langurs are interbreeding, risking both #species’ survival. Pressures of #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting are pushing the #monkeys to the edge in #Bangladesh #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🚫 @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-9bY
so interbreeding is possible...
November 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
so interbreeding is possible...
Biological species concept: individuals are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring.
November 2, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Biological species concept: individuals are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring.
Spatiotemporally distinctive interbreeding organism lineage with fuzzy boundaries.
November 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Spatiotemporally distinctive interbreeding organism lineage with fuzzy boundaries.
Interesting that Christians don't see anything wrong with the amount of interbreeding required to populate the entirety of modern humanity from just 8 people.
November 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Interesting that Christians don't see anything wrong with the amount of interbreeding required to populate the entirety of modern humanity from just 8 people.
Hybridisation/interbreeding of two beautiful #langur 🐵🐒species in #Bangladesh puts both #animals in serious peril finds #research study 😭. #Palmoil #deforestation is a major threat. Fight back and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🛢️⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-9bY
Saving Primates of Bangladesh From Extinction Palm Oil Detectives
Discover how deforestation forces primates of Bangladesh to interbreed, putting both the Phayre's and Capped langurs at risk to survive
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November 5, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Hybridisation/interbreeding of two beautiful #langur 🐵🐒species in #Bangladesh puts both #animals in serious peril finds #research study 😭. #Palmoil #deforestation is a major threat. Fight back and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🛢️⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-9bY
I wonder how many other species are out there whose odd genetics can chalked up to, two other species who were never meant to reproduce together did anyways and now their offsprings genetics are just left holding the bag. Also was the creation of this species the result of one interbreeding event?
November 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I wonder how many other species are out there whose odd genetics can chalked up to, two other species who were never meant to reproduce together did anyways and now their offsprings genetics are just left holding the bag. Also was the creation of this species the result of one interbreeding event?
Allopolyploids like this are pretty rare, but it's one of those "how the hell would that even work?" things that sheds light by being an outlier.
I would guess there was a lot of interbreeding, most of it limited in success, and only this very successful little gal made it to present day.
I would guess there was a lot of interbreeding, most of it limited in success, and only this very successful little gal made it to present day.
November 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Allopolyploids like this are pretty rare, but it's one of those "how the hell would that even work?" things that sheds light by being an outlier.
I would guess there was a lot of interbreeding, most of it limited in success, and only this very successful little gal made it to present day.
I would guess there was a lot of interbreeding, most of it limited in success, and only this very successful little gal made it to present day.
species: a group of interbreeding organisms sharing common characteristics, bound by heritable traits & shared ancestry
November 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
species: a group of interbreeding organisms sharing common characteristics, bound by heritable traits & shared ancestry
Meh
US here (eeweh yuck trumpland 🫢🫣🤢)
So hominids all came out of Africa
We've been migrating ever since we existed. Sometimes interbreeding with other hominids, sometimes bashing them & our own on the head cuz that's how we are, a mixture of competitive & cooperative...hear me out...
US here (eeweh yuck trumpland 🫢🫣🤢)
So hominids all came out of Africa
We've been migrating ever since we existed. Sometimes interbreeding with other hominids, sometimes bashing them & our own on the head cuz that's how we are, a mixture of competitive & cooperative...hear me out...
November 3, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Meh
US here (eeweh yuck trumpland 🫢🫣🤢)
So hominids all came out of Africa
We've been migrating ever since we existed. Sometimes interbreeding with other hominids, sometimes bashing them & our own on the head cuz that's how we are, a mixture of competitive & cooperative...hear me out...
US here (eeweh yuck trumpland 🫢🫣🤢)
So hominids all came out of Africa
We've been migrating ever since we existed. Sometimes interbreeding with other hominids, sometimes bashing them & our own on the head cuz that's how we are, a mixture of competitive & cooperative...hear me out...
Interbreeding is a lot less difficult to believe for this population of 165 million people
November 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Interbreeding is a lot less difficult to believe for this population of 165 million people
If there is a global thermonuclear war people probably won’t that surprised 😳 given it was caused by the Stuarts, Tudors and Zhou dynasty interbreeding 😂!
November 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If there is a global thermonuclear war people probably won’t that surprised 😳 given it was caused by the Stuarts, Tudors and Zhou dynasty interbreeding 😂!
The intelligent and social Capped #Langur 🙉🐒🐵 is under pressure from #palmoil #deforestation and hunting in #India 🇮🇳 Troops are interbreeding with Phayre’s #langurs to survive. Fight for them and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2026/01/11/c...
October 30, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The intelligent and social Capped #Langur 🙉🐒🐵 is under pressure from #palmoil #deforestation and hunting in #India 🇮🇳 Troops are interbreeding with Phayre’s #langurs to survive. Fight for them and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2026/01/11/c...
Unlike plant genetic resources, animal genetic resources have historically moved across borders through centuries of livestock exchange, breeding and interbreeding, making their origins and subsequent utilisation particularly difficult to trace. (1/2)
November 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Unlike plant genetic resources, animal genetic resources have historically moved across borders through centuries of livestock exchange, breeding and interbreeding, making their origins and subsequent utilisation particularly difficult to trace. (1/2)
The intelligent and social Capped #Langur 🙉🐒🐵 is under pressure from #palmoil #deforestation and hunting in #India 🇮🇳 Troops are interbreeding with Phayre's #langurs to survive. Fight for them! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2026/01/11/c...
Capped Langur facts, habitat and threats in South Asia
Learn Capped Langur facts: this leaf monkey digests food like a cow and is now vulnerable due to palm oil deforestation and species hybrids
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October 31, 2026 at 12:50 AM
The intelligent and social Capped #Langur 🙉🐒🐵 is under pressure from #palmoil #deforestation and hunting in #India 🇮🇳 Troops are interbreeding with Phayre's #langurs to survive. Fight for them! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2026/01/11/c...
color combinations, especially with the Gray ones, that make me wonder if interbreeding happens. This video has Gray and one Red, so you can see what I mean. The last one is November in the calendar for next year. #wildlife
November 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
color combinations, especially with the Gray ones, that make me wonder if interbreeding happens. This video has Gray and one Red, so you can see what I mean. The last one is November in the calendar for next year. #wildlife
🐛 Fall armyworm strains in Burkina Faso are interbreeding. A new study of larvae from maize and sorghum fields finds frequent corn x rice hybrids and high gene flow across agroecological zones.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
Read the paper: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
Genetic hybridization between C and R strains of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Burkina Faso
The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), is a devastating pest that causes significant crop losses and threatens food security throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In Burkina Faso, FAW i...
doi.org
November 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
🐛 Fall armyworm strains in Burkina Faso are interbreeding. A new study of larvae from maize and sorghum fields finds frequent corn x rice hybrids and high gene flow across agroecological zones.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
Read the paper: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
There are lots of different definitions. Here's the standard textbook definition of a "biological species."
"A group of actually or potentially interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups."
There are lots of other definitions.
"A group of actually or potentially interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups."
There are lots of other definitions.
November 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
There are lots of different definitions. Here's the standard textbook definition of a "biological species."
"A group of actually or potentially interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups."
There are lots of other definitions.
"A group of actually or potentially interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups."
There are lots of other definitions.
Other species concepts are increasingly tested by applying the phylogenetic species concept, which uses both anatomy and DNA evidence to evaluate relationships between populations; genetic study can be used to check other assessments and determine if populations are actually interbreeding (more)
November 3, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Other species concepts are increasingly tested by applying the phylogenetic species concept, which uses both anatomy and DNA evidence to evaluate relationships between populations; genetic study can be used to check other assessments and determine if populations are actually interbreeding (more)
Interbreeding to survive reads like a species running out of options.
October 31, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Interbreeding to survive reads like a species running out of options.
Well, quite!
‘The size disparity between a standard coyote and the much smaller Techichi makes natural interbreeding difficult to imagine, but the mechanics are not impossible.’
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/s...
‘The size disparity between a standard coyote and the much smaller Techichi makes natural interbreeding difficult to imagine, but the mechanics are not impossible.’
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/s...
Tiny Chihuahuas Hold a Big Surprise: A Sliver of Coyote DNA (Gift Article)
The breed is descended from indigenous canines, which may have been intentionally mixed with wild coyotes long before Europeans arrived in the Americas.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Well, quite!
‘The size disparity between a standard coyote and the much smaller Techichi makes natural interbreeding difficult to imagine, but the mechanics are not impossible.’
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/s...
‘The size disparity between a standard coyote and the much smaller Techichi makes natural interbreeding difficult to imagine, but the mechanics are not impossible.’
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/s...
Kind of combines the concepts of interbreeding (the BSD), visual similarity (what people actually care about but is too vibe-y to be a good definition on its own, hence BSD), and how one causes the other.
Doesn't include non-sexually reproducing organisms per se but also hints at the stakes there
Doesn't include non-sexually reproducing organisms per se but also hints at the stakes there
November 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Kind of combines the concepts of interbreeding (the BSD), visual similarity (what people actually care about but is too vibe-y to be a good definition on its own, hence BSD), and how one causes the other.
Doesn't include non-sexually reproducing organisms per se but also hints at the stakes there
Doesn't include non-sexually reproducing organisms per se but also hints at the stakes there
i find it weirdly heartening to think of the ancient hominid world not as this regimented system of strict competing species-groups, but this insanely complicated mishmash of diversity and interbreeding, where you might genuinely not even know that another hominid even *IS* different from you
I like when they do recreations of paleolithic hominids and they're just some guy who looks like a chill hang.
gizmodo.com/this-is-what...
gizmodo.com/this-is-what...
This Is What Our Mysterious Denisovan Cousins Probably Looked Like
It took a while, but researchers believe they now have a molecular marker to reliably spot Denisovan fossils.
gizmodo.com
October 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM
i find it weirdly heartening to think of the ancient hominid world not as this regimented system of strict competing species-groups, but this insanely complicated mishmash of diversity and interbreeding, where you might genuinely not even know that another hominid even *IS* different from you
Cool long-form news article on human-Neanderthal hybridization from @ocmaule.bsky.social at LiveScience.
@rajivmccoy.bsky.social great to read you're thinking about asymmetries in hybrid pregnancies!
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@rajivmccoy.bsky.social great to read you're thinking about asymmetries in hybrid pregnancies!
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Neanderthal DNA still survives in our human family tree. What were our ancient relatives' relationships like?
Developing research suggests that ancient interbreeding wasn't random — it was socially patterned, directional and far more complicated than the headlines suggest.
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October 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Cool long-form news article on human-Neanderthal hybridization from @ocmaule.bsky.social at LiveScience.
@rajivmccoy.bsky.social great to read you're thinking about asymmetries in hybrid pregnancies!
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@rajivmccoy.bsky.social great to read you're thinking about asymmetries in hybrid pregnancies!
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