Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA to breed the animals. Dire wolves ...

One of the most well-known and studied genes is MC1R. In animals, loss-of-function mutations in the MC1R gene can result in light, yellow or reddish coat color. In humans, redheads have up to five ...

The animal, which has a genetic mutation and was born with no melanin, had pink ears and snout. Another albino deer was spotted in Greensboro, North Carolina, in January, according to My Fox 8.

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing ...

You are more like a mouse than you might think! Today, scientists are creating models of human genetic disease using mice, flies, worms, and other animals. But what do these models reveal about us?

A global infestation of bed bugs after World War II was nearly eradicated in the 1950s with the use of the pesticide dichloro ...

A micrograph showing inflammatory responses in the cortex of the new model mouse. Alzheimer's disease patients and mouse ...