Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within species ...
Professor Andrew Pask (right) knows his team must act fast to prevent cane toads (left) from decimating northern quoll populations. Source: DETSI/Colossal Scientists have announced a breakthrough in a ...
A biotech company says it has bred three animals with key physical features of the dire wolf — a species that has been extinct for more than 12,000 years. Colossal Biosciences says it used novel ...
NC State scientists created a statistical framework that dramatically improves fine-mapping in livestock, where relatedness ...
This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the ...
UNDATED (WKRC) - A new study that examined animal species with a cancer resistance gene could provide help for human cancer research. Scientists have long been intrigued by Peto’s Paradox, which ...
At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...
Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...
One such innovation is now being trialled in Spain by Corteva, a global agricultural technology company. Corteva’s ...