The safety tests that the government says will no longer use animals by the end of this year include the practice of giving ...

Scientists compared genomes from 154 animal species and found that land animals share genetic tricks for surviving outside ...

Animal experiments in the UK peaked at 4.14 million in 2015 driven mainly by a big increase at the time in genetic modification experiments. By 2020, the number had fallen sharply to 2.88 million as ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

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In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ruth Ley and her colleagues demonstrated that behavior—in this case, how ...

It has been nearly five years since COVID-19 began sweeping across the world. Now, after extensive genetic tracking, scientists say they have discovered the definitive origin of the virus. The ...

Understanding biological relationships is often critical when studying animal populations. Researchers have now developed a transformative approach that identifies stretches of DNA that two ...

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the ...