Trapped by ice and molded by genes, the Norwegian lemming split from its Siberian cousin just 35,000 years ago, a new study ...

By comparing multiple overlapping DNA sequences and matching them to a full fish genome, they were able to genetically identify the species from samples that traditional visual identification methods ...

Rebirth, separating the thrilling fiction from real-world genetic possibilities and limitations in bringing dinosaurs back.

Researchers from the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin- Madison have created the first chromosome-level ...

It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly ...

Rett syndrome is a devastating rare genetic childhood disorder primarily affecting girls. Merely 1 out of 10,000 girls are ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Scientists at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have developed mouse models that survive premature death and enable pre-clinical ...