Narwhals are likely more dependent on fat reserves and abundant prey in climate-threatened winter habitats than previously thought, researchers said...
Like a merchant of old, balancing the weights of two different commodities on a scale, nature can keep different genetic...
National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin, according to a...
Brown bears are among the largest land-dwelling carnivores in the world. They are characterized by a muscular hump over their...
Unlike humans and other mammals, which become less fertile with age, naked mole-rats can reproduce throughout their remarkably long lifespans....
Mass developments of cyanobacteria, so-called blue-green algae blooms, repeatedly threaten the quality of water bodies and drinking water resources worldwide....
Once thought incapable of encoding proteins due to their simple monotonous repetitions of DNA, tiny telomeres at the tips of...
University of Copenhagen researchers have gotten yeast cells to brew triptolide, a substance typically extracted from a rare Chinese plant....
For the sake of shielding vulnerable and endangered wildlife from the existential risks posed by people, some governments and agencies...
A new tool to predict the chances of successfully inserting a gene-edited sequence of DNA into the genome of a...
An international research collaboration led by the John Innes Centre has used innovative genomic discovery methods to show how we...
National Institutes of Health researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome...
