In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

Newly sequenced Native genomes showcase a wealth of surprises, from previously unknown populations to unique high-altitude adaptations.

Long before modern medicine named and cataloged human herpesviruses, at least one of them was already quietly embedding ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

Researchers analyzed blood samples from polar bears located in northeastern and southeastern Greenland. The results showed ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

The stray dogs that roam the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have become unlikely protagonists in a scientific debate about how life ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

DNA analysis shows strong ties to Early Bronze Age Sicily, with little influence from the eastern Mediterranean. There’s also ...

“Expression tells us what cells do, but regulatory DNA tells us where they come from, how they develop, and which germ layer ...