Peto’s paradox is that bigger, longer-lived species should have higher cancer prevalence, yet they don’t seem to. Back in ...

A longstanding scientific belief about a link between cancer prevalence and animal body size has tested for the first time in our new study ranging ...

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Animals can be born with genetic or developmental issues that make it hard for them to live normal lives. They also can ...

On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is ...

Scientists working to bring back the woolly mammoth have created genetically engineered mice that they say have several ...

The latest addition to the list of amenities available to athletes at the bobsled and skeleton world championships is a room ...

We led a study to find out how genes have such a significant influence on why humans (and dogs) become overweight. It was ...

Wearable technology is becoming more available for ranchers to keep an eye on individual animals in their herds.

In 1977, Andrew Barto, as a researcher at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, began exploring a new theory that neurons ...

Advances in stem cell biology and immune cell engineering bring diabetes cell therapies closer to reality.

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