interbreed

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Scientists also found little evidence that wrens from Shetland and St Kilda regularly interbreed with mainland populations.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Barred owls and spotted owls are similar in appearance and the birds can even interbreed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

These two broods may actually overlap — but probably not interbreed — in a small area near central Illinois, entomologists said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024

"These two species are interfertile, meaning that they can interbreed and produce viable offspring," the Center stated on its website.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023

But if wild populations with variations in genotype keep interbreeding, Dobzhansky knew, a new species would never be formed: a species, after all, is fundamentally defined by its inability to interbreed with another.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee