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

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 ...

Using groundbreaking genetic technology, scientists are attempting the impossible: bringing extinct animals back to life. But ...

University of Edinburgh researchers engineered pigs resistant to classical swine fever by editing a gene linked to viral ...

The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid the ...

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are crucial for preserving biodiversity ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

RIKEN researchers solved a decades-old mystery of how roundworms maintain telomeres without a telomerase RNA gene. They ...

Eating flavanol-rich foods like dark chocolate or berries may boost memory performance. How? By synchronizing stress hormones with the brain’s natural window for locking in new information, according ...