During the annual salmon run last fall, University of Washington researchers pulled salmon DNA out of thin air and used it to ...

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Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

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Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware - they probably have some wolf in them.

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

What inspired the creation of a company focused entirely on microbiome science? How did the idea evolve from concept to a ...

Ginkgo Bioworks continues to face a weak demand environment, which has contributed to a lack of growth in recent years. Learn ...

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...

A Journey from Struggle to Breakthrough When Dr. Phyllis Pobee first began her medical career, she never imagined that her ...