When roundworms stop reproducing, they can still move and function normally but lose their ability to detect certain food ...
Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but ...
Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.
The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the ...
A plant's success may depend on how well the three sets of genetic instructions it carries in its cells cooperate, according ...
Your "roommate's" genes could be influencing the bacteria living in your gut, and vice versa, according to a study of rats ...
Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.
Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...
In Brazil’s state of Mato Grosso do Sul, the Reprocon research group, which specializes in assisted wildlife reproduction, has been investing in cloning methods and protocols for jaguars since 2023.
Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ataxia, is missing. Experiments in worms, human cells, and mice revealed ...
A large Mayo Clinic study shows that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a common inherited cause of dangerously high cholesterol. Many affected ...
From Agency Chaos to Dark Energy Shocks: How Politics, Health, Climate Policy and Space Science Defined 2025 A look back at 2025’s biggest science stories—from federal upheaval and public health ...