The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the ...

Long overshadowed by bacteria, the gut virome is now stepping into the spotlight as a key player in health and disease.

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can develop into either long-lived reproductive queens ...

Researchers discovered that genetic conflict between paternal and maternal genes determines whether honey bee larvae become ...

During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ponds on the surface of equatorial glaciers. MIT researchers discovered that ...

Gene silencing describes the epigenetic regulation of a gene, at the level of transcription or translation, to prevent gene expression. Mechanisms include DNA methylation, histone modification and ...

By MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged Monday after the biotech drugmaker reported a second death in connection with its gene therapy for ...

Regardless of type, genetics alone doesn’t cause diabetes mellitus, but certain types, like type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes, have a genetic link. Learn more about what causes diabetes ...

Fossil eukaryotes that came after LECA have been found from around one billion years ago. The best-studied are a multicellular red alga called Bangiomorpha from Somerset Island in Nunavut, Canada ...