Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within species ...

Disease-resistant pigs, faster-growing fish and heat-tolerant cows are among a new class of animals that are being ...

A biotech company says it has bred three animals with key physical features of the dire wolf — a species that has been extinct for more than 12,000 years. Colossal Biosciences says it used novel ...

Horses with genomic edits to make them run faster have been banned from polo, but a zoo of CRISPR-edited animals is gaining ...

Disease-resistant frogs, cane-toad-munching quolls and other gene-edited native animals could be roaming the nation within ...

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been ...

Scientists are striving to unlock the genetic secrets of unusually long-lived animals to find clues to extending healthy human life. The research spans species from hummingbirds to whales, and ...

Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets. A new startup called the Los Angeles Project aims to speed up that process with genetic ...

In five cases where vertebrates evolved monogamy, the same changes in gene expression occurred each time. In many non-monogamous species, females provide all or most of the offspring care. In ...

Study reveals new mechanism behind gene expression regulation in animal cells Download PDF Copy Reviewed KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Jan 24 2025 ...