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A genomic study has found that he Taíno, a population of early indigenous Americans, have living descendants, debunking theorists who had claimed they were extinct.

Researchers have identified fifteen genes that determine our facial features. The potential applications are numerous. Doctors could use DNA for skull and facial reconstructive surgery, forensic examiners could sketch a perpetrator’s face on the basis of DNA retrieved from a crime scene, and historians would be able to reconstruct facial features using DNA from days long gone.

The common vampire bat has adapted to a diet that is low in nutrients and exposes the animal to a broad range of blood-borne diseases, reveals a joint study of its genome and gut microbiome. Compared with nectar-feeding, fruit-eating, and meat-eating bats, the microbiome in vampire bats is completely distinct.

A study in flies has identified the process by duplicating a gene can help resolve genetic sexual conflict.

The genes and structure of the diverse web of cells that supplies blood to the brain have been mapped in unprecedented detail.

A huge new study has outlined what influences help create the incredibly diverse termite microbiome.

Researchers illuminate the biology that guides behavior across different stages of life, and also suggest how variations in specific neuromodulators in the developing nervous system may lead to occasional variations.

A gene which produces a protein that transports drugs in and out of cells may explain why some women treated with chemo have serious side effects.

The latest tree uses 35 times more genetic data and has three times as many taxa.

A new technology allows amplification and detection of genomic snippets present in a sample, using the enzyme Cas12.