Scientists found that a single gene controls striking corn snake patterns like stripes and blotches. While essential for ...

People with diseases caused by rare mutations have fewer options and poorer prospects than other patients despite rapid ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In ...

Sugar coatings aren't only for candies; they also help viruses, like the ones that cause COVID-19, hide from their hosts' immune system.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?” This classic debate has raged on for centuries baffling philosophers, scientists, ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

Colossal Biosciences Inc., a genetic engineering company aiming to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth, the dodo and other animals, recently unveiled its so-called “woolly mice.” These mice harbor a ...

RIKEN researchers have demonstrated the protective effects of a specific genetic mutation against Alzheimer's disease in ...

An Indian forest worker, who was suspended after he was seen offering water to a cheetah and her cubs in a viral video, has been restored in his job at the sanctuary. Satyanarayan Gurjar ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. OXFORD Cheetahs began their season with a convincing 55-35 victory over Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Championship Knockout Cup. The result leaves ...