A new UC study has looked at the evolutionary significance of super genes and their potential role in species survival.

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

Any animal’s eye color is determined by its levels of two melanin pigments: eumelanin, which makes brown-black, and ...

We often talk about water and how important it is to make sure it is clean and unpolluted. But lakes usually fall through the ...

Deep learning models have shed light on how genetic switches controlling gene activity define brain cell types across species ...

A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the levels of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define brain cell types across species.

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico ...

Researchers have long been fascinated by the female orgasm. It isn’t necessary for a woman to orgasm during sexual ...

Due to its proximity to humans, it regularly, although involuntarily hitches a ride on ships and planes, eventually invading ...

Short snouts and a flat profile -- within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of German domestic pigs. This is likely down to new breeding practices ...