A UNIGE team has identified a single gene behind the corn snake’s skin pattern diversity.

It’s no wonder deep-sea creatures are so strange. They survive against the odds in one of the most extreme environments on ...

Sugar coatings aren't only for candies; they also help viruses, like the ones that cause COVID-19, hide from their hosts' immune system.

A three-drug combination worked better than any of them alone in treating ALS caused by mutations in the SOD1 gene, per a new ...

A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

Due to the genetic uniformity within bed bug infestations resulting from extensive inbreeding, one specimen per sample is generally representative of that population. But Booth wanted to make sure ...

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

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

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

RIKEN researchers have demonstrated the protective effects of a specific genetic mutation against Alzheimer's disease in ...

Humans and mice with a predisposition for ALS displayed altered sleep patterns before symptoms began, offering a potential ...

Some species seem to live fast and die young. Others, though, “appear not to age,” says João Pedro de Magalhães, a molecular ...