Abstract “Conservation genomics” encompasses the idea that genome-scale data will
improve the capacity of resource managers to protect species. Although genetic approaches …

Population genetic data underpin many studies of behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary
processes in wild populations and contribute to effective conservation management …

Inter-species hybridization has been recently recognized as potentially common in wild
animals, but the extent to which it shapes modern genomes is still poorly understood …

Many species have undergone dramatic population size declines over the past centuries.
Although stochastic genetic processes during and after such declines are thought to elevate …

Bears are iconic mammals with a complex evolutionary history. Natural bear hybrids and
studies of few nuclear genes indicate that gene flow among bears may be more common …

Elephantids are the world's most iconic megafaunal family, yet there is no comprehensive
genomic assessment of their relationships. We report a total of 14 genomes, including 2 from …

Current phylogenomic approaches implicitly assume that the predominant phylogenetic
signal within a genome reflects the true evolutionary history of organisms, without assessing …

Although many large mammal species went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, their
DNA may persist due to past episodes of interspecies admixture. However, direct empirical …

The deep sea has been described as the last major ecological frontier, as much of its
biodiversity is yet to be discovered and described. Beaked whales (ziphiids) are among the …

Analysis of ancient environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionized our ability to describe
biological communities in space and time, 1–3 by allowing for parallel sequencing of DNA …