When red devil spiders ventured down the Atlantic and arrived on the Canary Islands, their genome dramatically shrank and ...

Over a few million years, the spider Dysdera tilosensis—a species endemic to the Canary Islands—has reduced the size of its ...

A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...

Our brains evolved for complex thought and language - but the same genes that made us smarter may have increased mental illness risk.

The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...

The genome structure — how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism — is fundamental to the processes and functions of organisms. A team at the University of Tokyo has developed a ...

The striking black-and-white patterns of the wheatear are shaped by a mosaic of genetic variations, influencing the bird's ...

New research has uncovered shared patterns between ribosomal RNAs and genes linked to brain disorders, including autism, ...

Climate change is rapidly altering our environment—and posing major challenges for many animal species. Whether they can ...

These burrowing animals have a biological mechanism that does the opposite of what it does in humans: it repairs DNA instead ...

Single-cell analysis reveals the extent of genome doubling in ovarian cancer, its variability and its role in enabling tumours to evade the immune system. Read the paper: Ongoing genome doubling ...