One decision in the 1950s transformed Lake Victoria’s ecosystem. The Nile perch was introduced into Lake Victoria in Africa in an effort to boost commercial fishing by creating larger catches for the ...

With the Northern Ireland Bovine Genetics Project getting underway this autumn, now is the ideal time for farmers ...

Did you know orcas are led by their grandmothers? Orcas are one of only five species known to go through menopause, and their post-reproductive females become leaders of the pod, guiding hunts and ...

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New DNA evidence suggests California's nutria problem didn't begin with a few animals quietly outlasting the state's ...

Genes associated with male reproductive biology appear to be under relaxed selective constraint in a primate species with low sperm competition.

A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata recently reported on a study of the genes of the ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of ...