Tag: genetics

Editing the genes of invasive mice could drive them to extinction on islands where they’ve become established within 25 years, researchers found. By using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, researchers believe...

Red wolves haven’t roamed the marshes of southwestern Louisiana for 40 years, but their genetic “ghosts” remain there in the DNA of coyotes whose ancestors mated with them, researchers say....

At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

Controversial efforts to use genetics to resurrect extinct species have taken a step forward with the formation of a new company that aims to restore the wooly mammoth. Harvard biologist...

Genetic information has led researchers to determine that there are more unique species of spotted skunks than previously thought. Biologists haven’t completely agreed on the number of spotted skunks for...

When researchers wanted to sample the genetic diversity of the Galapagos, they turned to locals who knew the islands well. Ordinary people gathered, prepared and processed tiny DNA samples of...

An effort to read the genome of every vertebrate in the world has released its first results, with near-complete genomes for 25 species, including the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum),...

Little brown bats that survive the deadly white-nose syndrome have different genes than those that have died from it, researchers found, suggesting an evolutionary path for bats to survive a...

When scientists reintroduce animals to augment populations, they often take individuals from areas close to the reintroduction site. “There’s this idea to not move animals outside of their native population...

Using genetics and molecular analysis, researchers discovered a new snake species in a museum collection in Kansas. Native to the islands of Samar and Leyte in the Philippines, specimens of...