When scientists want to trace how a species has changed over time—and predict its prospects for survival—they turn to DNA.

Insects are essential for ecosystems, but mounting evidence suggests many populations are collapsing under modern pressures.

Recent groundbreaking research into ape genomes has uncovered mysterious non-human DNA structures that challenge our ...

The fish that limbed vertebrates evolved from don't have obvious digit equivalents, and the most common types of fish just ...

Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...