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While some animal hybrids are well known, like the mule, this case was more unusual due to the different colors of each bird species.

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A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has described the first known hybrid bird species to be found in the Amazon rainforest. Through a series of genetic and other tests, the team has ...

From ligers to pizzlies: 6 hybrid animals you didn't know existed Not long ago, hybrid animals were something you’d only hear about in science labs or biology textbooks. But things are changing.

These wonders of nature In the animal kingdom, the lines between species are sometimes blurred, giving rise to fascinating hybrid creatures that combine the traits of their parent species.

Hybrids of opal-crowned and snow-capped manakins have dull white caps. The researchers think the yellow colour evolved to compensate, because females found it more attractive.

It is potentially some kind of hybrid animal that escaped from captivity, however we can’t 100% rule out that it is a wild leucistic (white) gray fox either,' he continued.