April 18 -- Rather than leaving it to fate, a 30-year-old woman recently selected which among a batch of her eggs she wished to become her child. By genetically screening 23 eggs and deciding which ...

In a world always craving the next scientific advance, the story of C.C., the initial cloned pet, embodies a captivating mix of scientific innovation, ethical discussion, and heartwarming pet ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. This article is more than 3 years old. Twenty-five years ago, the ...

Elizabeth Ann is just 2 months old, but her extraordinary life is already making history. This black-footed ferret is a clone of an animal that died more than 30 years ago, and she is the first ...

SAN GERONIMO, CALIF. — When David Milarch first visited Northern California in 1968, he thought he would see avenues of coast redwoods 100 miles long. What he found instead, he said, was a “moonscape.

The endangered Przewalski’s horse. Credit: Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian’s National Zoo Earlier this year, a baby Przewalski’s horse was born at the San Diego Zoo. But this foal isn’t any ordinary foal, ...

WASHINGTON — There are hundreds of abnormal genes in cloned mice, which explains why so many cloned animals die at or before birth and proves that it would be irresponsible to clone a human being, ...

Can you imagine an Earth in the future, let’s say 2000 years from now. And there you are! Yes, you – or at least an identical version of you, a person with the same genetics, same looks, and similar ...

Even for the most devoted pet lovers, there’s a limit to how far they will go to have their favorite feline or canine for life. Genetic Savings & Clone, a biotechnology company that sold cloned pets, ...