The vampire squid is a creature straight out of a gothic horror film. It lurks in the deep-sea abyss, cloaked in dark, webbed ...

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A new genome study is providing some insight into the matter by determining the timing of a key milestone in feline ...

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have taken a key early step in understanding why some people born with the rare disease Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS) experience potentially fatal disruptions in ...

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By analyzing Escherichia coli (E. coli) genomes, researchers have shown that antimicrobial resistant bacteria and the genes ...

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Some animals seem to defy the rules of aging. Understanding how they do it could help us live longer, healthier lives.

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

The vampire squid genome shows it kept ancient features shared with squids, while octopuses gained major chromosomal changes.

Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early ...