Well-designed marine parks can conserve marine life and their habitats, allow fish populations to recover, educate the public ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

Yerba mate, along with tea and coffee, is one of the world's most popular caffeinated beverages. Widely consumed in South ...

The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Washington — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to ...

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife map showing where wolves were tracked in January. A Colorado Parks and Wildlife map showing where wolves were tracked in January. CPW Colorado voters passed a ballot ...

In the brains of these mice, the maternal X chromosome sped up biological aging in the hippocampus—a brain area crucial for learning and memory. "What we showed is that these animals' brains ...

Created by Johns Hopkins researchers, EpiScalp could significantly reduce false positives and spare patients from medication side effects, driving restrictions, and other quality-of-life challenges ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...