Evolutionary eye loss has occurred in multiple phyla in species that inhabit dark environments, but few of those species have been studied thus far. Here they show that cave planarians retain ...

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Researchers say strategy will help understand the history of life, monitor the spread of pathogens or create new treatments for disease.

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the origins of the human outer ear, revealing that this distinctive ...

Life reconstruction of the Portuguese snow leopard hunting an Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). © Artwork by Jianhao Ye.

Jan. 14, 2025 — Researchers have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative condition. The ...

Jan. 14, 2025 — Researchers have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative condition. The ...

Colossal Biosciences, the world's first de-extinction company, has today announced $200M in a Series C financing by TWG ...

Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth.

In a paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Life Science, an international team of scientists provided a comprehensive overview of ...

A newly identified cartilage cell generates fat vacuoles and makes the surrounding tissues pliable. This helps keep the ear ...

A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in ...