We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

The vampire squid is a creature straight out of a gothic horror film. It lurks in the deep-sea abyss, cloaked in dark, webbed ...

For example, the canine gene ADD2 was associated with fear of strangers, but in humans was related to depression. A key ...

When males are forced to compete for females, new species form more rapidly. This has been shown in a new study where the ...

Did you know that traits in animal species can re-appear in a new generation hundreds of years later? These ancient ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

EVE is a deep generative model combining evolutionary and human population data to estimate variant deleteriousness on a proteome-wide scale.

Orange cats have always stood out in the living room, but new research shows they also stand apart in the mammal family tree.

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...

"The findings are really striking – they provide strong evidence that humans and golden retrievers have shared genetic roots ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly ...

Engineers, like evolution, are tinkerers. Few vehicles showcase how one car can spread into multiple roles quite like ...