The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new way to tackle one of the world’s most persistent forms of ...

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Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...

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You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...

Christopher Columbus and other early European explorers were best known for the “new” lands they discovered and the people they transported. But there’s another side to the story, and it has to do ...