Properly deciphering the branching pathways of evolution could unlock the history of every component of natural biology.

Scientists trace an ancient microbe, Asgard archaea, that gave rise to humans, animals, and plants more than 2 billion years ...

It was one of several high-profile Quebec murders that have been recently solved thanks to advances in DNA analysis, ...

Scientists used decades old air filters to read DNA in dust, revealing a long decline in biodiversity across northern Sweden.

“Expression tells us what cells do, but regulatory DNA tells us where they come from, how they develop, and which germ layer ...

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 ...

Biologists mapping the human body have long assumed that every major kind of microscopic life inside us already had a place ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one complicate matters.

One-in-five Alabama children have an incarcerated parent, and their absence can make the holidays a difficult time.

New breakthroughs in microbial analysis could enhance disease prediction, environmental protection and our understanding of the planet’s smallest life forms.

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...