New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary development.

It took nearly 50 years to work out the identity of a caribou-like fossil first discovered by construction workers. By Elie Dolgin In 1976, as jackhammers and backhoes carved a subway tunnel through ...

A new study of animal bones from Jamestown reveals colonists ferried donkeys across the Atlantic, reshaping early American life and survival.

The epigenetic clock measures biological age and could help scientists assess the health of polar bears, dolphins, baboons and other threatened creatures "while recovery is still possible" ...

The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature 1, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories.

The DNA belonged to an extinct horse genus and is the oldest genome ever collected from an open-air site. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: ...

His work in the manipulation of cells laid the foundation for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and led to the first cloned large mammal, a sheep named Dolly.

A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal's gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children that both partners are genetically related to ...

Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur in the lab.

A recent study in Science Advances is changing the story of how some of North America's earliest European settlers used animals. "While Spanish colonists brought horses to the Caribbean decades ...

Authorities say the 60-year-old victim's death has been ruled an "animal mauling," believed to be by a juvenile bear.