After viruses infected our evolutionary ancestors, bits of viral DNA lodged themselves into their genomes—and we still carry ...

Shocking DNA evidence finds that the identities of bodies at Pompeii are completely different than what scientists have ...

A recent breakthrough in genetic research has introduced a tool capable of delivering genetic material to developing fetal ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first ...

These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...

The consultative body is considered a breakthrough in recognizing the role that Indigenous peoples play in conserving nature ...

For any type of genetic material there is ancestral knowledge associated with it,” said Cristiane Juliao of Brazil’s ...

Scientists say the births of two ferrets are the first time a cloned endangered species has reproduced in a conservation ...

In a study that identified male chromosome genetic material in the intestines of female patients undergoing fecal transplants, researchers say they have significantly expanded scientific understanding ...

eDNA is genetic material shed by organisms into the surrounding environment. For example, as a fish swims through the ocean, ...

A black-footed ferret cloned from a 1980s-era Colorado ferret gave birth to babies for the first time in an endangered species breakthrough.

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, ...