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In a new scientific study, researchers compared the DNA of 30 different kingfisher species to zero in on the genes that might help explain the birds’ diet and ability to dive without sustaining brain damage.

A Nature Communications study finds that epaulette sharks have the lowest mutation rate recorded in vertebrates. While this could shield the species from cancer, it may have detrimental effects on survival against environmental challenges.

What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe? Scientists are closer to realizing this vision, having successfully engineered a plant to turn beet red in the presence of a banned, toxic pesticide.

Researchers have solved the structure of a novel insecticidal protein, originally discovered by Corteva Agriscience, that is effective in protecting major crop plants from pests and is naturally produced by ferns.

Harnessing genomic surveillance technology could help detect the rise of deadly antimicrobial-resistant "superbugs" and slow their evolution and spread.

A team of researchers has developed a software tool called DANGER (Deleterious and ANticipatable Guides Evaluated by RNA-sequencing) analysis that provides a way for the safer design of genome editing in all organisms with a transcriptome.

New research has pinpointed how the creeping woodsorrel plant adapts to elevated temperatures caused by urbanization.

Female faculty are more likely to leave academia than male faculty throughout all career stages in U.S. universities, University of Colorado Boulder researchers reveal.

For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we’ve bred and cherry-picked tomatoes with our preferred traits.

Potato starch is being trialed as a dietary intervention to modify the gut microbiome in bone marrow transplant patients, in the hopes of preventing graft-versus-host disease.