In 2006, geneticist Bryan Sykes, Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, published the results of a study that had taken him a decade to complete. His team had collected and analyzed ...

A Neanderthal-derived growth hormone receptor still carried by some people today appears to amplify growth-related signals in cells.

Insects rely on a wide range of strategies to sense their surroundings and communicate with their peers. Fireflies ...

Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from ...

North America's largest land mammal was pushed to the brink of extinction. Now, its population is recovering – and a new genetic study of bison that died thousands of years ago could help guide future ...