T he bowhead whale is the world’s longest-living mammal, sometimes making it to a staggering 200 years old. How does it do it ...

Heart disease in families is a warning, not a destiny. While genes play a role, lifestyle choices hold immense power. Knowing ...

The field of genetics has evolved rapidly in recent years, however early understanding of inheritance patterns began much ...

European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without leading to speciation.

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

In a recent study, Dr. Oszkár Schütz and his colleagues analyzed 156 ancient genomes from the Sarmatian period, spanning the 1st to 5th centuries CE. The aim of the study was to clarify the origins ...

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced ...

Summer McKesson struggled to breathe for years. Doctors told her it was because her blood would not stop clotting – and they ...

For years, we thought that as men got older, the risk of genetic problems in their children rose only slightly. This new ...

She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...

Georgia Burton is making the most of her opportunities at the University of Maine at Fort Kent as she pursues her ultimate ...