Smithsonian researchers have identified the genetic relationships among all Hawaiian honeycreeper species known to have ...

This breakthrough transforms the building of synthetic DNA from a chemical process to an electrical one. Here’s what you’ll ...

Australia’s unique animal species are in sharp decline, with more than 40 mammal extinctions over the past 238 years. This ...

Researchers used a new method to investigate past interbreeding with Homo sapiens that doesn't require ancient DNA. The ...

(Alones Creative/iStock/Getty Images) One of the most iconic visual representations in biological science is the double helix ...

Scientists are worried about how smart DNA-trained artificial intelligence models could get—and that they could become a ...

For decades, scientists have largely relied on painstaking trial and error to coax proteins into crystalline forms.

Inspired by long-lived animals — and human centenarians — researchers are hunting for ways to enhance DNA repair and extend ...

Researchers say the mysterious group split from the human family tree more than 500,000 years ago, though further evidence is ...

Our DNA is under constant threat. Chemicals, radiation and the everyday errors of cell division all damage it, and if left ...

The festival is leaving Utah after more than 40 years, but leaders say the move is about preserving Sundance’s founding ...

But did our direct ancestors interbreed with other long-lost hominin lineages before the first major migrations out of Africa ...