The Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced an amazing and potentially controversial new project to test the development of ...

The Ebola virus is already reported to have passed 1,000 positive cases and around 250 deaths. Trump attempting to dump ...

In Minas Gerais, Brazil, a catingueiro shares his home with the memory of his ancestors and generations of plant varieties.

A decade on from the launch of an ambitious project, it’s time to revisit the reasons for constructing a human genome from ...

How did life make the leap from single cells to coordinated, multicellular organisms? And how do genetically identical cells ...

What fathers eat before conception could significantly influence fetal growth and placenta development, new research in mice ...

In a first, scientists transplanted both a pig liver and kidneys into a person who was braindead The transplanted pig organs ...

Tennis is a solitary sport, but with new fertility benefits, a sisterhood of egg freezers is emerging in locker rooms and players’ lounges.

The humble Y chromosome may be the smallest chromosome in the mammalian genome (and getting even smaller), but it is mighty: Genes on the Y chromosome are critical for fertility in males. In a new ...

The animal kingdom is full of examples of species that can fully regenerate their vision, but unfortunately, humans are not among them. A study highlights that mammals aren’t without some nifty tricks ...

Almost half a million wildebeest are born within a few weeks in the Serengeti ...