Beyond biodiversity conservation, the project is expected to support crop improvement in a changing climate. By mining genes ...

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...

Animals of the same species don't always look the same. From birds with different beak shapes to mammals that vary in size or ...

How ancient gene transfers, genomes, and pollination shaped moths and butterflies - and why their sudden decline is raising alarms.

For years, geneticists have wrestled with a curious absence: many modern people carry Neanderthal DNA, yet large stretches of the human X chromosome are almost empty of it. A new study argues that ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.

Genetic evidence confirms Seychelles crocodiles were saltwater crocodiles capable of long-distance ocean dispersal, with a ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Tradition holds that the eldest son of Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, founded the Golden Horde and was buried in Kazakhstan with his descendants. According to a statement released by the ...

Scientists found an unexpected viral hitchhiker lurking inside a common gut bacterium – and it was twice as prevalent in people with colorectal cancer.