Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within species ...

Is it okay to genetically engineer wild plants and animals? The International Union for Conservation of Nature voted in favor of it this week.

The long-awaited Gene Technology Bill has stalled because New Zealand First won’t support it as it stands. The sticking point ...

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

In a breakthrough for animal health and biosecurity, scientists at the Roslin Institute have successfully developed pigs ...

Researchers at Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have developed pigs that are resistant to Classical swine fever (CSF), using gene ...

Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never encounter in the wild. And, in some ...

Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them ...

Study reveals new mechanism behind gene expression regulation in animal cells Download PDF Copy Reviewed KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Jan 24 2025 ...

Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets. A new startup called the Los Angeles Project aims to speed up that process with genetic ...