Biologists are closing in on a puzzle that seems to turn classic evolutionary logic inside out, yet may be so common that it ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

A novel iLDS statistic uncovers adaptive gene sweeps in gut bacteria, highlighting evolutionary responses to modern diets and enhancing microbiome studies.

It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about ...

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A new form of the flu, which is highly contagious and aggressive, is sweeping the nation this season. A mutation of influenza ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

A highly contagious flu mutation called subclade K is sweeping the nation, raising health concerns about vaccine ...

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That ...