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

A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...

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

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

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

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

Stray dogs in Chernobyl reveal genetic changes after decades of radiation, offering unique clues about how life adapts in ...

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

Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) have completed the first-ever population genomics study of the Ghaf tree (Prosopis cineraria) in the country, revealing ...

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

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

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