Creating zygotes from the genetic material and cytoplasm of two mouse species yields offspring that differ drastically from their parents, a new study shows.

A 30-year-long study of a small population of marine snail shows how evolution can adapt to environmental changes quite ...

Genes are the control panel for an embryo morphing from a ball of cells into organs, muscles, and limbs, but genetics isn’t ...

This discovery is unexpected in the genetic archives of southern Africa. Scientists have reconstructed the history of ...

Charting the "dark matter" of the viral universe has implications not just for biotechnology—but potentially for battling the ...

New study reveals link between oxygen delivery and reproductive success among women living on the high Tibetan Plateau.

Even so, for over 10,000 years, women on the high Tibetan plateau have not only survived but thrived, raising multiple ...

For Richard Dawkins, the history of life is like a novel that never ends. Revisions can be dramatic.

The gene that kick off starch digestion potentially duplicated for the first time long before farming.

Seven of the most common forest trees in Europe have been shown to be able to shelter their genetic diversity from major ...

Service dogs are leading the wayScientists believe that they have discovered evidence to suggest dogs are entering a new ...