Today (May 22) is United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity, drawing attention to a critical resource for ...

The population of Florida panthers has increased tenfold over the past 30 years, thanks to the introduction of pumas from Texas into the Everglades. Despite that outside DNA, new research finds ...

Ancient and modern dingo DNA reveals eight genetically distinct groups of dingoes – and the limited influence of domestic dog ...

Genetic diversity is essential to the survival of a species. It's easy enough to maintain if a species reproduces sexually; an egg and a sperm combine genetic material from two creatures into one, ...

The basic outline of the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals is now well established. The two came in contact as modern humans began their major expansion out of Africa, which occurred ...

A decade-long study has discovered huge genetic potential that is untapped in modern wheat varieties. A decade-long collaborative study has discovered huge genetic potential that is untapped in modern ...

Understanding genetics can help explain differences in disease susceptibility across populations, informing medical research ...

Throughout history, most of the world's genomic research has relied on DNA data from people of European ancestry.A genome is the full DNA code of about three billion (a thousand million) bases, ...