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Flirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose

  • Written by Joel Berger, Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Colorado State University
imageDomestic Bactrian camels in the Altai province of western Mongolia. Joel Berger/Wildlife Conservation Society, CC BY-ND

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote locations, from...

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