Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Proteins are among the most important molecular building blocks of life. They are chains of amino acids assembled in our cells by ribosomes, the molecular "protein factories" of our bodies. The ...

It grows quickly and depends on adult worker ants to feed it. These workers decide how much and what kind of food the larva ...

Deep in coastal mangroves and even inside our own mouths, biologists are finding that DNA does not always sit in a simple ...