A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study ...

Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts ...

Cells all require the transport of materials to maintain their function. In nerve cells, a tiny motor made of protein called ...

"The best conditions for ancient DNA preservation are cold, dark, dry and recent," Jennifer Raff, a biological anthropologist at the University of Kansas, told Live Science. "These permafrost ...

When evidence is collected at a Hennepin County crime scene, it ends up in a laboratory in downtown Minneapolis, where in ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer. Every day, billions of cells in your body ...

Scientists have created egg-like cells capable of fertilization using DNA from ordinary skin cells in what could be a major ...

Insects are essential for ecosystems, but mounting evidence suggests many populations are collapsing under modern pressures.