Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Researchers at the CNIO show that oestrogens regulate gene expression by changing DNA supercoiling. Hormone-activated ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

A little-used federal law is being activated in ways that could turn immigration screening into the backbone of a ...

Estrogens, the main female sex hormone, although they also perform some functions in men, are involved in a myriad of ...

For decades, biologists assumed a single ‘turtle tick’ crawled across much of Asia. Now detailed DNA and microscope work show ...

Crimson red ladybug spider with surprising scientific characteristics has been discovered in Morocco and named Eresus ...

Can vitamin B12 deficiency be a sign of cancer? Learn the symptoms, risks, connection to cancer, treatments, and why this ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

The Battle of Camden during the Revolutionary War was one of the state’s most brutal. Hundreds of years later, scientists are ...

The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...