Discovery of a Dog-Fox Hybrid and Its Implications

Today, you’ll learn about the possible return of the Tasmanian tiger, the future of hurricanes, and how one animal shelter made a stunning discovery.  

Tasmanian Tigers  

• “For the first time, researchers decoded the RNA of an extinct animal.” by Katherine Kornei. 2023.  
• “Facts About Tasmanian Tigers.” by Alina Bradford. 2017.  
• “Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore.” by Charles Y. Feigin, et al. 2017.  
• “Historical RNA expression profiles from the extinct Tasmanian tiger.” by Emilio Marmol-Sanchez, et al. 2023.  

Intensifying Hurricanes   

• “What’s driving an increasing number of hurricanes to rapidly intensify?” by Carolyn Gramling. 2023.  
• “2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season.” disasterphilanthropy.org. 2023.  
• “Why the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is especially hard to predict.” by Carolyn Gramling. 2023.  

Dog-Fox Hybrid  

• “Shelter Rescues Injured Animal - Turns Out To Be World’s First Dog-Fox Hybrid.” by Alice Gibbs. 2023.  
• “Pampas Fox.” animalia.bio. 2023. 
• “Hybridization in Canids - A Case Study of Pampas Fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) and Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) Hybrid.” by Bruna Elenara Szynwelski, et al. 2023.  

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