The affectionate behaviour shows social dynamics between koalas may change when they are forced to live in close quarters.

A rare Malayan tapir calf was born at Point Defiance Zoo over the weekend. This marks only the second time this has happened ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

For the last 10 years, the only effective treatment for hypophosphatasia (HPP) has been an enzyme replacement therapy that ...

In the century that followed, the snakehead was caught and identified a handful of times, sometimes mistaken for other ...

This rare natural phenomenon puzzled many internet users, who likened the spiders' movements to "dancing like raindrops on ...

Researchers are enhancing the best features of AAV capsids and overcoming their limitations to accelerate gene-based therapies.

Biodiversity is declining across the planet, but what about in Wisconsin, how do we measure it, and how can we stop it?

With their iconic white coats and ancient bloodlines, Chillingham cattle hold a mystical allure. But as one of Britain's most endangered cattle populations, ...

Researchers have documented the first enteroinvasive E. coli outbreak in Thailand. An enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) outbreak affecting 154 people was ...

Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene ...

The great Indian bustard is critically endangered, but the Indian government has found a clever way of breeding the species ...