Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

A spider species that has gone in reverse during evolution has left scientists stumped. This Dysdera tilosensis has reduced ...

A groundbreaking cattle genome has given researchers their clearest look yet at what makes Wagyu beef so special. By ...

A spider species found only on the Canary Islands is forcing scientists to rethink long-held assumptions about how evolution ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

A genetic condition is one that happens when a gene changes. Some genetic conditions can be inherited (passed from parents to their children). Genes are sections of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that ...

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital on Wednesday announced what they called a "transformative gift," as investment banker Don Edwards and his wife, Anne, have donated $11 million to the hospital ...

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence complex traits in humans at a scale previously impossible. The new method was ...

A startup’s ads for controversial embryo tests hit the New York City subway. One day this fall, I watched an electronic sign outside the Broadway-Lafayette subway station in Manhattan switch ...

The genetics of autism has long been one of the most intricate puzzles in neurodevelopmental science. Today, the pieces are coming together more rapidly than ever before. Landmark projects such as the ...

When it came time to start a family, Sarah Elizabeth Orlando, 33, knew she would go about it differently. Before she was born, an in-utero amniocentesis had confirmed she carried the gene for fragile ...