A stunning new discovery suggests sponges, and animals, existed 100 million years earlier than we ever imagined.
Scientists are studying Nectophrynoides frogs that give birth to live young. This unique reproductive method helps them ...
Two-year study collected samples from valleys, deserts and mountains and discovered one genetically original population ...
The first study to analyse rates of full vs half siblings in a range of mammals provides new evidence for monogamous ...
More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...
The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study ...
Using advanced computational genomics, Johns Hopkins investigators discovered how prostate cancer develops resistance to treatment.
India’s seed diversity faces rising corporate capture and GE risks; farmers fight for sovereignty and agroecology. Explore ...
The evolutionary success of our species may have hinged on minute changes to our brain biochemistry after we diverged from the lineage leading to Neanderthals and Denisovans about half a million years ...
High in the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes thousands of meters above sea level, humans face environmental pressures very ...
From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...
An evolutionary "trap" has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise—yet persists all the same.