A US-based biotechnology company claims it has made progress towards resurrecting the extinct dodo. Colossal Biosciences, a ...

New research reveals how octopuses and other cephalopods developed some of the most complex nervous systems in the animal ...

The familiar claim about humans evolving from apes leaves out an important part of the story. Fossils and DNA reveal a much ...

Scientists finally know why large dogs age faster and the answer involves self-replicating jumping genes.

Two unusually long-legged cats have helped scientists uncover the first genetically confirmed cases of Marfan syndrome in ...

Ancient Polynesian voyages left genetic clues that could also transform medicine for Pacific Island communities.

Fantasy and science fiction stories regularly deal with apocalyptic threats, but this world is unraveling slowly due to war ...

Bengaluru, has invited applications for its online short-term course, Advances in Genetic Engineering, scheduled to run from ...

Scientists accidentally discovered a microscopic organism with a genetic code that breaks a rule researchers thought was ...

Switch Bioworks, a deep tech company whose engineered microbes create nitrogen fertilizer on the plant root, announced today ...

Birds and lions have males and females. But what about snails that walk around carrying shells, or earthworms that live in ...

She had just diagnosed our 11-year-old daughter, Maya, with Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome, a genetic condition so rare there ...