One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

The field of genetics has evolved rapidly in recent years, however early understanding of inheritance patterns began much ...

White oak (Quercus alba) is important economically, ecologically, and culturally. However, the species currently faces a ...

Findings present insights on the genetic elements that regulate the development of the face and skull in marsupials, with data providing an “invaluable reference” for future mammalian evolution ...

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic elements that drive the rapid development of marsupials' facial features.The study in fat-tailed dunnarts, native ...

Marvel fans think they know Captain America, yet few of them actually know about the villains the hero battles.

An RNAi based genetic screen and subsequent analyses reveal how dyneins and small GTPases coordinate autophagosome positioning at the ncMTOC in fat cells, advancing understanding of autophagic vesicle ...

Scientists have identified mutations in the CPD gene as a key cause of a rare congenital hearing loss, revealing how ...

These books make for great additions to a school or classroom library. They can be used to enrich learning about lifecycles and reproduction by giving students a gentle introduction to DNA and ...

Two of Florida’s Acropora reef-building coral species had become functionally extinct across Florida’s coral reef.

Chinese scientists have analyzed the genomes and physical characteristics of nearly 1,000 macaques to provide domestic ...