Once on the brink during the last ice age, great white sharks made a remarkable recovery globally, but their DNA reveals a baffling story. Classic migration explanations fail, leaving scientists with ...

With its incredible intelligence, shape-shifting abilities, and otherworldly appearance, the octopus is unlike any other ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat ...

A new study finds the first Americans had Denisovan DNA, offering clues about ancient immunity and genetic adaptation.

While it is widely accepted that damage to the genetic material (DNA), which accumulates with age, is at the root of ageing, the link between the two phenomena remains unclear. DNA molecules contain ...