Discover the history of our feline friends, and learn about the debate over whether cats are really "domesticated" at all.

University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as ...

Japanese researchers used a nonviral piggyBac system to genetically modify cynomolgus monkeys, enabling more accurate disease ...

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Conservation scientists from UNSW Sydney have used DNA technology to identify feral cats as the primary predators responsible for the deaths of reintroduced native animals at two conservation ...

Francis Crick and James Watson with a model of the DNA molecule At midday on 28 February 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson walked into The Eagle pub in Cambridge and announced “We have ...

Feral cats have long been suspects in killing native species reintroduced into Australian conservation areas. DNA testing of the carcasses puts felines firmly in the frame. Conservation scientists ...

Deep within the ancient recesses of El Mirón Cave in northern Spain lies one of the most intriguing figures of Ice Age Europe: the Red Lady of El Mirón. Discovered in 2010 by archaeologists ...

A plasmid is a small, circular, double-stranded DNA molecule that is distinct from a cell's chromosomal DNA. Plasmids naturally exist in bacterial cells, and they also occur in some eukaryotes.