An ancient ancestor of spiders and relatives doubled its genome about 400 million years ago, setting the stage for the ...

A new study confirms this long-held theory, discovering that 60 percent of defective genetic pairs impacting the production ...

Researchers traced termite DNA back to cockroach ancestors and found genetic loss played a key role in building social ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to environmental changes, according to research published Wednesday.

Breakthroughs in genetic testing offer insight into whether individuals will suffer from a growing number of diseases. These tests can tell us whether a fetus in the womb carries disease-causing ...