A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

The fish that limbed vertebrates evolved from don't have obvious digit equivalents, and the most common types of fish just ...

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study ...

The complex portrayal of transhumanist themes in the critically acclaimed sci-fi series will make you rethink everything.

Even just about a couple of decades ago, it was quite common to see our children fall victim to certain serious infectious ...

Sri Lanka’s foremost biodiversity scientist, Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda, describes this country as “a veritable Garden of Eden for evolutionary scientists.” Speaking to The Sunday Island, he warned that ...

A standard-dose recombinant growth hormone therapy administered for 2 years demonstrated positive effects on both growth and nutritional status in prepubertal children with Silver-Russell syndrome, a ...

NORTHERN KENTUCKY (WXIX) - A Tri-State family is hosting an upcoming fundraiser to help raise awareness for a rare genetic condition their son has. Van Foster is 11 months old and one of just 50 ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do. By Carl Zimmer At the heart of all life is a code.

It’s music to our ears. Approximately 11 million people in the US consider themselves deaf or severely hard of hearing. No medications have been approved to treat hereditary hearing loss, but cochlear ...

When a Long Island toddler was first diagnosed with a rare illness, her family could never have predicted what it would lead to for her older sister. Lisa Superina could tell her daughter Nora was not ...