Comb jellies "could repurpose [their] genetic toolkit in different ways like a Swiss knife," said the researchers.

The biological taxonomy system can be a confusing and sometimes imperfect method for categorizing life. However, it can also ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but ...

Researchers have made a surprising discovery of Henneguya salminicola, a microscopic parasite residing in salmon muscles, as ...

A new study reveals that distal gene regulation via DNA looping evolved 150 million years earlier than previously believed.

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short ...

These algae, descendants of unicellular photosynthetic organisms known as stramenopiles ... encouraged the transition to more complex multicellular forms. Brown algae evolved cell walls rich in ...

Tuberculosis is the world's deadliest infectious disease, due in part to its ability to hide out for years in the lungs ...

A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies ...

A discovery by scientists at Scripps Research and the Georgia Institute of Technology could shed light on the evolution of ...