Our most direct ancestors split from the Neanderthal family tree around 600,000 years ago and developed modern ...

Researchers developed MethylGPT, a powerful transformer-based model that identifies DNA methylation patterns, enabling ...

Researchers developed CpGPT, a novel foundation model for DNA methylation analysis that captures sequence, positional, and ...

It’s hard to find a dog better than a rescue. In many ways, having a mixed-breed dog is like having a one-of-a-kind pet; ...

A team of biologists led by The University of Texas at Arlington has discovered a new tiny lizard species in the Paria ...

A giant musk turtle is one of the two species of turtles studied by a research team led by Nicole Valenzuela, professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology at Iowa State University, in a ...

After viruses infected our evolutionary ancestors, bits of viral DNA lodged themselves into their genomes—and we still carry ...

“The nervous system of a virtual lifeform is a pipeline computer where, every moment, data from sense organs passes through a network of neurons and finally contracts a muscle in a specific body part.

Experts have revealed the origins of a unique DNA duplication mechanism that grants plants additional ways to control genetic instructions.

Biologists have investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their findings could help engineer crops that are more resilient to environmental changes, like heat or drought stress.