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 ...

New Zealand is planning to eradicate millions of invasive animals that prey on the country's rare birds. The goal may not be ...

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 ...

The Kagus Bird Is Seriously Endangered, And If It Goes Extinct, Its Unique Genetic Nasal Skin Flaps Goes With It ...

The dodo bird could be brought back from the dead by 2032, a team of scientists, including some from Melbourne, has announced ...

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 ...

For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this ...

THEY look like ordinary foals, docile with honey brown coats and white facial patches, content to spend their days munching alfalfa in a cordoned-off pasture in rural Buenos Aires province.

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 ...