The red fox is not the only species that has come under the divergence spotlight with all our modern genetic technologies.

It seems the Red Panda (which you could be forgiven for mistaking for being some strange hybrid between a raccoon and a red fox!) and the Gentoo Penguin are also being seen in new lights;

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The discovery comes from new research that could boost conservation plans.

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Counting the birds as four species will help conservation efforts, and threats from climate change.

While on the topic of penguins and extinct species..

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Paleontologists say the bird would have been roughly the size of a ten-year-old child

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For the first time, scientists were able to dive into the DNA of this mysterious mega predator. What they found was stranger than fantasy.