Learn why some starfish develop a rare square shape through genetics, regeneration errors, and abnormal development.

Brains with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) show DNA damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Study links genetic stress to ...

Scientists found a new coronavirus in Brazilian bats, named BRZ batCoV. This virus shares a genetic feature with SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-1 ...

The most expensive aquarium fish list for 2025, ranked. See the world's most expensive fish, worth over $400,000.

The Narragansett community held a fundraiser on Sunday for a 9-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with a rare disease.

About 70% of barley is used for animal feed, but it is also used in beer, whiskey, and food production, with over 170 million tons grown each year. Findings, such as the late-flowering gene mutation, ...

When you imagine breast cancer risk, you might think about the BRCA gene (and perhaps Jane’s storyline on The Bold Type). You ...

Mother Daphne Graskewicz-Prado of Southern Illinois told Newsweek: “I wasn’t going to accept the terminal diagnosis.” ...

Although not common, the short sleep gene allows the lucky few to enjoy 5 hours of sleep or less a night and still wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day. As if that wasn't enough of a boon, ...

Bowhead whales can live over 200 years thanks to a protein that helps their cells repair DNA damage efficiently.

A study reveals that a protein called RPA is essential for maintaining chromosome stability by stimulating telomerase. New findings from the-Madison suggest that problems with a key protein that helps ...

It’s not everyday that you get to see an animal out in the wild with a genetic mutation. This photographer out in Cody, Wyoming just so happened to be in the right place at the right time and spotted ...