genetics

Waddling, wriggling, ambling, digging, laying eggs. There’s no shortage of verbiage when it comes to describing…

Scientists have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat species known as Homotherium latidens, also…

New genetic evidence suggests it was a warming climate—not human overhunting—that killed off woolly rhinos at the…

Scientists have identified the pheromone responsible for turning individual locusts into the swarming variety. They…

New research looks to provide a fuller retelling of the tragic, brutal past that was the transatlantic slave trade.…

Scientists have traced the ancestry of modern sled dogs, such as Siberian huskies and Alaskan malamutes, all the way…

An intriguing study published last week found a link between covid-19 severity and having type A blood; type O…

Three skeletons belonging to African individuals have been uncovered at a mass grave in Mexico City. They represent…

With our deepest regrets to the Jurassic Park franchise, DNA does not preserve well, and no genetic data has ever…

The vast majority of woolly mammoths went extinct at the end of the last ice age, but small, isolated populations…

We’re all a little Neanderthal. That’s the conclusion of a study that used a new statistical technique to revise…

One the most intriguing and mysterious creatures on the planet—the giant squid—has finally had its genome fully…

In a new paper this week, doctors at the Mayo Clinic say they’ve uncovered the cause of a mysterious heart condition…

There’s a lot of reasons why you should probably chuck that DNA kit you got for Christmas in the trash. That’s…

A new study this month is the latest to suggest that our genes really don’t do much to predict our health, at least…

Scientists in Denmark have squeaked out an entire human genome from a prehistoric piece of “chewing gum.” Made from…

Renowned Harvard Medical School geneticist George Church has focused his work on reversing the effects of aging,…

The DNA of an exquisitely preserved puppy found in Siberia doesn’t appear to fit the profile of a dog or a wolf,…

One of the northern hemisphere’s most famous extinct birds could have disappeared at the hands of humans and humans…

At the start of this decade, the federal government called out consumer DNA testing as a burgeoning scam industry.…