Animals’ tails swat away insects using both wind and whack.

Sixty percent of Americans with European ancestry can be traced to a given DNA sample, even if they’ve never had genetic testing, scientists say.

The insects fell silent as the moon cast a shadow over parts of North America last summer, researchers report.

The bipaternal pups died soon after birth, but mice with two mothers grew into fertile adults.

As cases ramp up in Democratic Republic of Congo, the government has banned housing Ebola victims and promises police escorts for health workers at burials.

Researchers believe the genetic locus affects the regulation of another gene involved in sexual function.

An accomplished infectious disease scientist, Meyers spent the 1960s treating and studying the condition in central Africa.

Using his expertise in microbiology and bioinformatics, he is bringing a new understanding to microbial immune systems.

Methylation patterns at so-called metastable epialleles in the genome stamp a memory into each of our cells.