One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

Scientists successfully extract RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, thylacine, revealing how its genes functioned before its extinction.

Learn how mapping gene-control switches in an ancient sea anemone reveals how identical DNA can produce many different cell ...

Scientists uncovered a rare toxic algae behind mass marine deaths in South Australia and warned similar blooms may appear ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

With lifespans topping 200 years, the 20-metre-long, 80-90 tonne bowhead lives longer than any other mammal and seems to be ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

Taken together, these advances suggest that part of age-related immune decline is driven by specific, potentially reversible ...