Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

The biological research of UC Santa Cruz’s Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has ...

On the first day of his administration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to ...

We fact-check various aspects of two of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting transgender people.

For generations, a tiny piece of DNA has mastered the art of inheritance by hijacking the yeast cell’s division machinery, ...

Politicians and economists said President Donald Trump’s "Liberation Day" tariff rollout amounted to a historic tax increase. "Donald Trump just imposed the largest tax hike in our lifetime," ...

Deep within the cells of mice, a genetic arms race is unfolding between X and Y chromosome genes, battling for dominance in ...

Researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind the arms race for mouse X and Y bearing sperm to fertilize an egg.

Can Animals Have Mental Disabilities? Mental health issues aren’t exclusive to humans—animals can experience them too. From ...

By analyzing the flowerpot snake's unique genome, scientists are uncovering how the tiny reptile repairs its DNA and prevents harmful mutations. The findings provides valuable insights into genetic ...

In evolutionary terms, fitness is defined as an organism's ability to survive and reproduce its genes into the next ...