Far from Earth's gravitational pull, a simple viral infection took on a new evolutionary direction. A study conducted aboard the ISS found that when bacteria and ...

As genetic engineering technologies such as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) improve and ...

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

This strange microscopic structure may whisper ancient evolutionary secrets.

As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...

Fossil and genetic evidence indicates our immediate human ancestors evolved in Africa beginning about two million years ago ...

You're walking around right now carrying the genetic fingerprints of infections that happened millions of years ago. Deep ...

The pursuit to fulfill this mandate not only brings clarity to our meaning and purpose in this world, but it also creates the physiology within us that leads to satisfaction, happiness, health, and ...

A recent genetic study has revealed a direct link between Neanderthal ancestry and heightened pain sensitivity in certain ...

Recent genetic studies highlight how Neanderthal DNA contributes to the sensitivity experienced by modern humans, showcasing ...

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in the ...