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

Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to processed food additives, revealing how modern diets can reshape microbial evolution worldwide.

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

Denisovans were an extinct human group identified almost entirely through DNA rather than complete skeletons. First discovered in Siberia, their genetic legacy is still present in populations across ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving electrical measurement precision and enabling detection of subtle structural changes ...

Research into wood warblers shows that gene sharing across species played a key role in shaping their bright feather colors.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool making, this year has given us a clearer picture of how and why humans evolved ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...