Biology

Every year, medical diagnostics are getting better and better thanks to the tremendous development of new methods that enable the...

Traits are often lost during evolution, either because they are no longer beneficial or because they are too costly to...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Newly generated, complete “end-to-end” reference genomes for the sex chromosomes of five great ape species and...

A team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have generated the first complete chromosome sequences from non-human...

Research Highlights: Research Highlights: The benefits gained from better heart health may be related to a process involved in the...

Primates, including humans, have larger brains than most other mammals, but why? Scientists searching for the answer have long followed...

A 3D model developed by West Virginia University neuroscientists shows how implantable stimulators — the same kind used to treat chronic...

A new paper published in The Quarterly Review of Biology examines the question of what Darwinism is and how its nonscientific uses...

Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, Harvard biologists have sequenced the genome of an...

A pioneering study has used extensive global datasets and machine learning to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate animals, including...