To understand the genetic transformations that have shaped the evolution of fruit flies into their current form, American researchers have revived an ancient gene. This ...

A surprisingly small detail in the skin may play an outsized role in how young skin looks and how well it repairs scars. Researchers say the clue is a microscopic structure found in humans, pigs, and ...

It’s a common mistake to think we came directly from the monkeys or chimps you see at the zoo today, […] ...

Life’s story may stretch further back than scientists once thought. Some genes found in nearly every organism today were already duplicated before all life shared a common ancestor. By tracking these ...

How did the complexity of many organisms living today evolve from the simpler body plans of their ancestors? This is a central question in biology ...

To distinguish between the top and the bottom side of our limbs, nature “redeployed” ancient genes from the midline fins of fish. This is the ...

We view Nigeria’s significant reliance on food imports not merely as a pressing concern, but as a clarion call to action and ...

Upregulated expression of transcription factors promoting cone identity in late-stage retinal progenitors drives development ...

Studying the shape of tissues and organs is critical to understanding how they are formed. Embryonic development happens in ...

Researchers at EMBL Barcelona have developed an open-source tool that makes working with complicated volumetric imaging data ...

Early in pregnancy, something surprising happens. Every human embryo develops a tail. It is not symbolic or imagined. A real ...